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  2. Inhibitory postsynaptic potential - Wikipedia

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    The results showed that both compound and unitary inhibitory postsynaptic potentials are amplified by dendritic calcium ion channels. The width of a somatic IPSP is independent of the distance between the soma and the synapse whereas the rise time increases with this distance. These IPSPs also regulate theta rhythms in pyramidal cells.

  3. Synaptic potential - Wikipedia

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    Graph showing the effects of EPSPs and IPSPs on membrane potential. Synaptic potential refers to the potential difference across the postsynaptic membrane that results from the action of neurotransmitters at a neuronal synapse. [1] In other words, it is the “incoming” signal that a neuron receives.

  4. Chemical synapse - Wikipedia

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    For example, curare is a poison that stops acetylcholine from depolarizing the postsynaptic membrane, causing paralysis. Strychnine blocks the inhibitory effects of the neurotransmitter glycine , which causes the body to pick up and react to weaker and previously ignored stimuli, resulting in uncontrollable muscle spasms .

  5. Induced pluripotent stem cell - Wikipedia

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    Low efficiency: in general, the conversion to iPS cells has been incredibly low. For example, the rate at which somatic cells were reprogrammed into iPS cells in Yamanaka's original mouse study was 0.01–0.1%. [1] The low efficiency rate may reflect the need for precise timing, balance, and absolute levels of expression of the reprogramming genes.

  6. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...

  7. Cell potency - Wikipedia

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    Cell potency is a cell's ability to differentiate into other cell types. [1] [2] The more cell types a cell can differentiate into, the greater its potency.Potency is also described as the gene activation potential within a cell, which like a continuum, begins with totipotency to designate a cell with the most differentiation potential, pluripotency, multipotency, oligopotency, and finally ...

  8. Soma (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In cellular neuroscience, the soma (pl.: somata or somas; from Greek σῶμα (sôma) 'body'), neurocyton, or cell body is the bulbous, non-process portion of a neuron or other brain cell type, containing the cell nucleus.

  9. Somatic cell - Wikipedia

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    An example of this is the modern cultivated species of wheat, Triticum aestivum L., a hexaploid species whose somatic cells contain six copies of every chromatid. [citation needed] The frequency of spontaneous mutations is significantly lower in advanced male germ cells than in somatic cell types from the same individual. [7]