Question

In terms of signaling, what is most significant about action potentials?
a) The number of partial action potentials
b) The number of phases
c) The frequency
d) The magnitude Submit

Answer 1

Answer

b) the number of phases

Explanation:

• Action potentials cannot be partial.
• The frequency of signaling is constant.
• The magnitude it constant as well.

Answer 2

Answer:

Letter C

Explanation:

Action potentials are certainly a key to understand neuronal signaling, and to this day, neuroscientists are still developing specific models to try decipher how much information a bunch of neuronal spikes has to inform in distinct neurons.

Interestingly, throughout evolution action potentials have proven to be a very efficient mechanism of communication, and their most studied and most important attribute has been proved to be frequency, which is a property that depends on the source only, ie it does not change until you reach your destination. So, the right answer is Letter C.