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Phases of an Action Potential - Resting Potential, Threshold, Rising, Falling, & Recovery Phases

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In this tutorial, we will review the phases of an action potential measured from a small area of a neuron's membrane. The action potential can be divided into five phases: the resting potential, threshold, the rising phase, the falling phase, and the recovery phase. When the neuron is at rest,...