Action Potential

By Audiovisueel Centre, Open University, Amsterdam

To be able to react adequately to their surroundings it is necessary for animals to be able to transfer information rapidly within their bodies. Type: Video Film. Category: Physiology (animal).

Description: To be able to react adequately to their surroundings it is necessary for animals to be able to transfer information rapidly within their bodies. The nervous system passes information by means of axons from one point to another. The information is contained in electric signals: action potentials. In this video film the ionic currents which are active during an action potential are described.

Comments & References: Running time: 10 minutes. VHS PAL format. Language: English and Dutch. Designed for 1st year students in biology and medicine on a course entitled "Brain and Behaviour". See record numbers 4529 and 4530 for the other two video films in this series.

Computer type: Apple Macintosh

Price: Dfl 88.00 (including taxes)

Version: 1987

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