In the laboratory, researchers can apply an electrical stimulus at any point along the axon, making action

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In the laboratory, researchers can apply an electrical stimulus at any point along the axon, making action potentials travel in both directions from the point of stimulation. An action potential moving in the usual direction, away from the axon hillock, is said to be traveling in the orthodromic direction. An action potential traveling toward the axon hillock is traveling in the antidromic direction. If we started an orthodromic action potential at the start of the axon and an antidromic action potential at the opposite end of the axon, what would happen when they met at the center? Why?

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Biological Psychology

ISBN: 9781337408202

13th Edition

Authors: James W. Kalat

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