receptor potential

collocation in English

meaningsofreceptorandpotential

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receptor
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈsep.tər/us
/-tɚ/
a nerve ending that reacts to a change, such as heat or cold, in the body by sending a message to the central ...
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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(Definition ofreceptorandpotentialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This similarity suggests that thereceptorpotentialwaveform may be largely determined by the transduction mechanism.
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This displacement of the hair bundles generates areceptorpotentialin the hair cells.
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Finally, thisreceptorpotentialleads to action potential fired by sensory cells.
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Stretching and compressing, the tip links may open an ion channel and produce thereceptorpotentialin the hair cell.
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Current flow due to such potential difference further results in areceptorpotentialthat is presynaptic to the sensory fibers.
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This allows sodium ions to influx, creating areceptorpotential.
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An example of areceptorpotentialis in a taste bud, where taste is converted into an electrical signal sent to the brain.
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This electrical signal, orreceptorpotential, takes a specific pathway through the nervous system to initiate a systematic response.
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Areceptorpotentialis often produced by sensory transduction.
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Unlike ciliary opsins, these are associated with canonical transientreceptorpotentialion channels; these lead to the electric potential difference across a cell membrane being eradicated (i.e. depolarization).
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It was the first isolated member of the transientreceptorpotentialvanilloid receptor proteins that in turn are a sub-family of the transient receptor potential protein group.
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