The minimum strength of stimulus needed to generate an action potential in a neuron is called the
- A. refractory value
- B. threshold
- C. resting potential
- D. summit potential
Explanation
A stimulus below threshold opens too few sodium channels to trigger the positive feedback of depolarisation, so nothing happens; at threshold, a full impulse fires. This is the basis of the all or none behaviour of the neuron.
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