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The intensity of a stimulus is represented in an individual neuron by the frequency of action potentials it generates. A stronger stimulus leads to a higher rate of firing, while a weaker stimulus results in fewer action potentials. This phenomenon is known as frequency coding, where the information about stimulus intensity is encoded in the number of spikes per unit time. Additionally, the neuron may also exhibit adaptation, whereby its response decreases over time despite a constant stimulus intensity.
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What stimulus below this intensity will result in no response in a neuron?
Any stimulus below the neuron's threshold potential will not result in a response, as it is not strong enough to generate an action potential. Neurons require a minimum level of stimulus intensity to reach the threshold potential and fire an action potential.
What is the response if you increase the stimulus intensity past the threshold level for a neuron?
Increasing the stimulus intensity past the threshold level for a neuron will not further increase the action potential generated. Once the threshold is reached, the neuron will fire an action potential at its maximum intensity.
How does a neuron indicate the strength of a stimulus?
A neuron conveys information about the strength of stimuli by varying the rate in which the stimulus is fired.
What neuron picks up a stimulus?
A sensory Neuron picks up the stimulus from the environment and changes it into a nerve impulse.
During the absolute refractory period along an axon membrane of a neuron?
During the absolute refractory period, the neuron is unable to generate another action potential, regardless of the stimulus strength. This is because sodium channels are inactive and unable to open. This period ensures that action potentials are discrete and travel in one direction along the axon.
Which neurons decide about the action for a certain stimulus?
Sensory neuron
During the absolute refractory period an impulse may be triggered by a stimulus of high intensity?
During the absolute refractory period, the neuron is incapable of generating another action potential regardless of the stimulus intensity, as the voltage-gated sodium channels are inactivated. Once these channels have reset during the relative refractory period, a strong enough stimulus can trigger an action potential again.
What is the stimulus-response pathway involving a sensory neuron and a motor neuron?
Please see:What_happens_at_the_level_of_the_neuron_starting_with_stimulus_and_ending_with_a_response
Stimulus threshold of the neuron refers to what?
The stimulus threshold of a neuron, often referred to as the action potential threshold, is the minimum level of stimulation required to trigger an electrical impulse (action potential) in the neuron. When a stimulus exceeds this threshold, it causes sufficient depolarization of the neuron's membrane, leading to the rapid influx of sodium ions and the subsequent propagation of the action potential along the axon. If the stimulus is below this threshold, the neuron remains inactive, and no action potential is generated.
What happens at the level of the neuron starting with stimulus and ending with a response?
The stimulus is detected by the sensory receptor. The sensory receptor stimulates a sensory neuron. The sensory neuron transmits to the interneuron in the spinal cord. The interneuron stimulates a motor neuron. The motor neuron communicates to the muscle. The muscle(effector) then produces the response allowing the body to respond to the stimulus.
Threshold stimulus is defined as the?
Threshold stimulus is defined as the minimum level of stimulus intensity that is required to trigger a response in a neuron or muscle fiber. This level must be reached for action potentials to be generated, leading to muscle contraction or nerve signal transmission. If the stimulus is below this threshold, no response occurs, highlighting the all-or-nothing principle of action potentials.
What makes a neuron receive a stimulus?
An interaction with the world.
