excitatory postsynaptic potential

process causing temporary increase in postsynaptic potential
Intangible biological_process Q1207387
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excitatory postsynaptic potential

Summary

excitatory postsynaptic potential is a biological process[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #191 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's subclass of is recorded as regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential[4].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's part of is recorded as chemical synaptic transmission, postsynaptic[5].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Commons category is recorded as Excitatory postsynaptic potentials[6].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D019706[7].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ctky[8].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G04.580.887.249[9].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G07.265.675.887.249[10].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G07.265.880.750.199[11].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G11.561.570.918.249[12].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's MeSH tree code is recorded as G11.561.830.750.199[13].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0060079[14].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/excitatory-postsynaptic-potential[15].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060079[16].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0524913[17].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as eksitatorisk_postsynaptisk_potensial[18].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 112592302[19].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909557477[20].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C112592302[21].
  • excitatory postsynaptic potential's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2910581834[22].

Why It Matters

excitatory postsynaptic potential draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #191 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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