Static Images for use with Minimovies
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Stimulus current threshold for generation of an action potential
Static image for Movie 1:
Static image for Movie 2:
Impulse propagation in a small squid axon
The movie was made with an axon diameter of 50µm to show more of the impulse waveform within the 10mm length. The location of the stimulus and the color-coded recording electrodes in the movie are shown below.
Static image for AP traveling in a 50µm diameter unmyelinated axon
Impulse propagation in a myelinated axon
The location of the stimulus at node [0] and the color-coded recording electrodes in the movie are shown below at the nodes of a myelinated axon.
Static image for AP traveling in a myelinated axon
