In a Laboratory Situation, a Nerve Can Be Stimulated by Applying

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Essay

In a laboratory situation, a nerve can be stimulated by applying voltage from a stimulator.If a stimulus was applied in the middle of a nerve roughly halfway between the cell bodies and the axon terminals, would resulting action potentials travel only from the stimulus point to the axon terminal? Why or why not? How is this similar to or different from the basic characteristics of an action potential discussed in this chapter? What does this tell you about the nature of the axon?

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