all-or-none principle in nerve excitation
E97828
The all-or-none principle in nerve excitation is the physiological rule that a nerve fiber, once stimulated beyond a certain threshold, responds with a full, uniform action potential rather than a graded response.
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| all-or-none principle in nerve excitation canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: all-or-none principle in nerve excitation Context triple: [Emil du Bois-Reymond, knownFor, all-or-none principle in nerve excitation]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: all-or-none principle in nerve excitation Target entity description: The all-or-none principle in nerve excitation is the physiological rule that a nerve fiber, once stimulated beyond a certain threshold, responds with a full, uniform action potential rather than a graded response.
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A.
Lessons in Elementary Physiology
Lessons in Elementary Physiology is a 19th-century introductory textbook on human physiology and biology written by Thomas Henry Huxley for educational use.
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B.
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
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C.
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
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D.
Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena
Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena is a foundational electrical engineering text that systematically develops the mathematical analysis and practical design principles of alternating current (AC) circuits and machinery.
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E.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
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Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neurophysiological concept
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physiological principle ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
action potentials
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cardiac muscle fibers ⓘ nerve fibers ⓘ neurons ⓘ skeletal muscle fibers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edgar Adrian
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Hermann von Helmholtz ⓘ |
| clarifiesThat | response magnitude of a single axon is not proportional to stimulus strength above threshold ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
electrotonic potentials
ⓘ
graded potentials ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
reaching a critical level of depolarization
ⓘ
regenerative opening of sodium channels ⓘ |
| describes | response of a nerve fiber to stimulation ⓘ |
| doesNotImply | all neurons in a nerve trunk fire simultaneously ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
nerve impulses are stereotyped events
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signal reliability along the axon is increased ⓘ |
| holdsFor | individual axons ⓘ |
| implies |
information about stimulus intensity is encoded in firing frequency rather than spike size
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stronger suprathreshold stimuli do not increase action potential amplitude ⓘ |
| isBasisFor | uniform size of action potentials in a given axon ⓘ |
| isDemonstratedBy |
recordings of single-axon action potentials
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stimulus–response curves showing threshold behavior ⓘ |
| isFundamentalTo |
Hodgkin–Huxley model
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surface form:
Hodgkin–Huxley model of the action potential
classical nerve physiology ⓘ |
| isObservedIn |
myelinated axons
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unmyelinated axons ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
refractory period of neurons
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safety factor for conduction ⓘ |
| isSometimesMisinterpretedAs | all cells in a tissue firing together ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
cellular neuroscience
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medical physiology ⓘ neurophysiology ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
membrane excitability
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nerve impulse conduction ⓘ threshold potential ⓘ |
| reliesOn |
positive feedback of sodium influx
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voltage-gated sodium channels ⓘ |
| statesThat |
a nerve fiber responds with a full action potential once threshold is reached
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action potential amplitude is not graded with stimulus strength above threshold ⓘ subthreshold stimuli do not produce an action potential ⓘ |
| usedToExplain |
binary nature of neuronal spiking
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uniform conduction of nerve impulses ⓘ |
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Subject: all-or-none principle in nerve excitation Description of subject: The all-or-none principle in nerve excitation is the physiological rule that a nerve fiber, once stimulated beyond a certain threshold, responds with a full, uniform action potential rather than a graded response.
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