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  2. Summation (neurophysiology) - Wikipedia

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    Basic ways that neurons can interact with each other when converting input to output. Summation, which includes both spatial summation and temporal summation, is the process that determines whether or not an action potential will be generated by the combined effects of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from multiple simultaneous inputs (spatial summation), and from repeated inputs ...

  3. Neurotransmission - Wikipedia

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    Temporal summation means that the effects of impulses received at the same place can add up if the impulses are received in close temporal succession. Thus the neuron may fire when multiple impulses are received, even if each impulse on its own would not be sufficient to cause firing.

  4. Shunting (neurophysiology) - Wikipedia

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    [1] According to temporal summation one would expect the inhibitory and excitatory currents to be summed linearly to describe the resulting current entering the cell. However, when inhibitory and excitatory currents are on the soma of the cell, the inhibitory current causes the cell resistance to change (making the cell "leakier"), thereby ...

  5. Trigonometric series - Wikipedia

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    The uniqueness and the zeros of trigonometric series was an active area of research in 19th century Europe. First, Georg Cantor proved that if a trigonometric series is convergent to a function on the interval [,], which is identically zero, or more generally, is nonzero on at most finitely many points, then the coefficients of the series are all zero.

  6. Ramanujan summation - Wikipedia

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    Ramanujan summation is a technique invented by the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan for assigning a value to divergent infinite series.Although the Ramanujan summation of a divergent series is not a sum in the traditional sense, it has properties that make it mathematically useful in the study of divergent infinite series, for which conventional summation is undefined.

  7. Length constant - Wikipedia

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    In calculation, the effects of r o are negligible, [1] so the equation is typically expressed as: λ = r m r i {\displaystyle \lambda ={\sqrt {\frac {r_{m}}{r_{i}}}}} The membrane resistance is a function of the number of open ion channels , and the axial resistance is generally a function of the diameter of the axon .

  8. Exact trigonometric values - Wikipedia

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    In an equilateral triangle, the 3 angles are equal and sum to 180°, therefore each corner angle is 60°. Bisecting one corner, the special right triangle with angles 30-60-90 is obtained. By symmetry, the bisected side is half of the side of the equilateral triangle, so one concludes sin ⁡ ( 30 ∘ ) = 1 / 2 {\displaystyle \sin(30^{\circ ...

  9. Compound muscle action potential - Wikipedia

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    The CMAP idealizes the summation of a group of almost simultaneous action potentials from several muscle fibers in the same area. These are usually evoked by stimulation of the motor nerve . Patients that suffer from critical illness myopathy , which is a frequent cause of weakness seen in patients in hospital intensive care units , have ...