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Definition of Electrotonic

Electrotonic
Electrotonic E*lec`tro*ton"ic, a. 1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. --Faraday. 2. (Physiol.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.

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- and other excitable cells produce two types of electrical potential: Electrotonic potential (or graded potential), a non-propagated local potential, resulting...
- Tommaso; O'Toole, Eileen T.; Knöpfel, Thomas; Kohl, Peter (2016-12-20). "Electrotonic coupling of excitable and nonexcitable cells in the heart revealed by...
- all-or-none. They include diverse potentials such as receptor potentials, electrotonic potentials, subthreshold membrane potential oscillations, slow-wave potential...
- mechanically sensitive ion channels class VI: connexins controlling electrotonic cell coupling class VII: molecules underlying longer term signalling...
- smooth muscle cells that are connected by gap junctions which allow electrotonic spread of activity between cells. A multiplicity of transmitters are...
- ventricle may influence the ectopic pacemaker. That influence will be electrotonic; depolarization of the surrounding field will induce a partial depolarization...
- potential sets it apart from graded potentials such as receptor potentials, electrotonic potentials, subthreshold membrane potential oscillations, and synaptic...
- active backpropagation of the action potential, there is also p****ive electrotonic spread. While there is ample evidence to prove the existence of backpropagating...
- ****ociates. ISBN 978-0-87893-915-2. Bennett, M. V. L. (1966). "PHYSIOLOGY OF ELECTROTONIC JUNCTIONS*". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 137 (2): 509–539...
- Macmillan. p. 929. ISBN 978-1-4325-1085-5. Bennett MV (1966). "PHYSIOLOGY OF ELECTROTONIC JUNCTIONS*". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 137 (2): 509–539...