action potential

process by which neurons communicate with each other by changes in their membrane potentials.
Intangible biological_process Q194277
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action potential

Summary

action potential is a biological process[1]. It draws 350 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #68 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • action potential's video is recorded as A-Fluorescent-Genetically-Encoded-Voltage-Probe-Capable-of-Resolving-Action-Potentials-pone.0043454.s001.ogv[3].
  • action potential's image is recorded as Action Potential.gif[4].
  • action potential's instance of is recorded as biological process[5].
  • action potential's GND ID is recorded as 4141745-8[6].
  • action potential's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85000721[7].
  • action potential's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 145715657[8].
  • action potential's subclass of is recorded as regulation of membrane potential[9].
  • action potential's subclass of is recorded as bioelectric potential difference[10].
  • action potential's Commons category is recorded as Action potentials[11].
  • action potential's opposite of is recorded as resting potential[12].
  • action potential's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000200[13].
  • action potential's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58369[14].
  • action potential's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014mmx[15].
  • action potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G04.580.100[16].
  • action potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G07.265.675.100[17].
  • action potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G11.561.570.100[18].
  • action potential's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0001508[19].
  • action potential's spoken text audio is recorded as Action potential.ogg[20].
  • action potential's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 571.64[21].
  • action potential's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.85[22].
  • action potential's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.81[23].
  • action potential's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/action-potential[24].
  • action potential's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'AP'}[25].
  • action potential's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001508[26].
  • action potential's Quora topic ID is recorded as Action-Potential[27].

Why It Matters

action potential draws 350 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #68 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). action potential. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/action-potential
MLA “action potential.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/action-potential.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_action-potential_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{action potential}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/action-potential}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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