action potential

How Fast Do Action Potentials Travel?

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How Fast Do Action Potentials Travel? In fact, the propagation velocity of the action potentials in nerves can vary from 100 meters per second (580 miles per hour) to less than a tenth of a meter per second (0.22 miles per hour). Why do some axons propagate information very rapidly and others slowly? How fast

Can An Action Potential Travel In Both Directions Anterograde?

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Can An Action Potential Travel In Both Directions Anterograde? Thus a wave of depolarization spreads from the point of initiation. If this were all there was to it, then the action potential would propagate in all directions along an axon. But action potentials move in one direction. Are action potentials bidirectional? Stimulation in ectopic sites