Bean discusses how the diversity of ion channels expressed by mammalian central neurons underlies the generation of a variety of action potential shapes, frequencies and firing patterns that ...

An action potential occurs when the cell reaches this threshold, at which point the neuron is said to "fire" or "spike" as an electrical impulse ripples through its extremity.

An action potential occurs when the cell reaches this threshold, at which point the neuron is said to "fire" or "spike" as an electrical impulse ripples through its extremity.