AmiGO 2: Term Details for "action potential" (GO:0001508)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0001508
Name: action potential
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
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. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:curators, ISBN:978-0-07-139011-8
Comment: Action potentials typically propagate across excitable membranes. This class covers both action potentials that propagate and those that fail to do so.
History: See term history for GO:0001508 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to action potential (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to action potential (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for action potential (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0065007 biological regulation
GO:0065008 regulation of biological quality
GO:0042391 regulation of membrane potential
GO:0001508 action potential
GO:0099610 action potential initiation
GO:0098870 action potential propagation
GO:0086001 cardiac muscle cell action potential
GO:0086010 membrane depolarization during action potential
GO:0086011 membrane repolarization during action potential
GO:0045759 negative regulation of action potential
GO:0019228 neuronal action potential
GO:0045760 positive regulation of action potential
GO:0098900 regulation of action potential
GO:0100001 regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by action potential

Parents of action potential (GO:0001508)

subject	relation	object
action potential	is_a	regulation of membrane potential (GO:0042391)

Children of action potential (GO:0001508)

subject	relation	object
action potential initiation (GO:0099610)	is_a	action potential
transmission of nerve impulse (GO:0019226)	BFO:0000051	action potential
negative regulation of action potential (GO:0045759)	RO:0002212	action potential
positive regulation of action potential (GO:0045760)	RO:0002213	action potential
membrane repolarization during action potential (GO:0086011)	BFO:0000050	action potential
regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by action potential (GO:0100001)	is_a	action potential
regulation of action potential (GO:0098900)	RO:0002211	action potential
spike train (GO:0098874)	BFO:0000051	action potential
neuronal action potential (GO:0019228)	is_a	action potential
membrane depolarization during action potential (GO:0086010)	BFO:0000050	action potential
action potential propagation (GO:0098870)	is_a	action potential
cardiac muscle cell action potential (GO:0086001)	is_a	action potential

action potential