An orthodromic
impulse runs along an
axon in its
anterograde direction, away from the
soma
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In the
heart
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide t ...
, orthodromic may also refer to an impulse going in the correct direction from the dendrites to axon terminal (from the
atria to the
ventricles) in contrast to some impulses in
re-entry.
See also
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Antidromic An antidromic impulse in an axon refers to conduction opposite of the normal (orthodromic) direction. That is, it refers to conduction along the axon away from the axon terminal(s) and towards the soma. For most neurons, their dendrites, soma, or a ...
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Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell location rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarize. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, ...
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Anterograde Tracing In neuroscience, anterograde tracing is a research method which is used to trace axonal projections from their source (the cell body or soma) to their point of termination (the synapse). A hallmark of anterograde tracing is the labeling of the pres ...
References
Neurophysiology
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