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Action Potential
Action Potential
Action Potential
Recording
n
CRO +40
io
stimulator
Repolari
Depolarizat
+20
0
-20
za
t i on
-40
-60
-80
1 msec
Time ( msecs. )
1 - Stimulus artifact
5
+30 2 - Latent period
3 - Local potentials
0
4 - Rapid depolarization
4 6 5 - Overshoot
6 - Rapid repolarization
Firing
7 - After depolarization
level
7
3 8 - after hyperpolarization
2
-70
1
8
Time in msec
Events during A.P. –
1) Stimulus artifact – due to leakage of electric
current from stimulating electrode to recording
electrode