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  • noun Plural form of prepotential.

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Examples

  • These putative dendritic action potentials, which we called fast prepotentials, appeared to trigger the firing at the axon hillock.

    Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography 2001

  • Lanthorn T, Storn J, Andersen P (1984) Current-to-frequency transduction in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells: slow prepotentials dominate the primary range firing.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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