You are recording action potentials from an axon of a touch receptor. When you press on the skin to activate the receptor, you get a burst of action potentials, but then they stop (despite the fact th...
a) Due to adaptation or habituation of the touch receptor.
b) Because the receptor reaches its maximum firing rate and becomes retory.
c) Indicative of a malfunction in the axon's ion channels.
d) Reflective of neurological fatigue within the touch receptor.
