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FuTRES Ontology of Vertebrate Traits
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March 19, 2026
| Id | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001508
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001508
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| Preferred Name | action potential |
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Action potentials typically propagate across excitable membranes. This class covers both action potentials that propagate and those that fail to do so.
A process in which membrane potential cycles through a depolarizing spike, triggered in response to depolarization above some threshold, followed by repolarization. This cycle is driven by the flow of ions through various voltage gated channels with different thresholds and ion specificities.
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| prefLabel | action potential
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| label | action potential
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| comment | Action potentials typically propagate across excitable membranes. This class covers both action potentials that propagate and those that fail to do so.
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| textual definition | A process in which membrane potential cycles through a depolarizing spike, triggered in response to depolarization above some threshold, followed by repolarization. This cycle is driven by the flow of ions through various voltage gated channels with different thresholds and ion specificities.
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| notation | GO:0001508
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| id | GO:0001508
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