Dictionary » L » Law of excitation

Law of excitation

Law of excitation

a motor nerve responds, not to the absolute value, but to the alteration of value from moment to moment, of the electric current; i.e., rate of change of intensity of the current is a factor in determining its effectiveness.

Synonym: Du Bois-Reymond's law.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


PostSynaptic Neuron

... effect of this neurotransmitter is terminated by different ways. 1. It may be degraded by the enzyme (as you mentioned), thus preventing continous excitation of the postsynaptic neuron. 2. Sometimes it diffuses out of the synaptic cleft. 3. It may be reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron and packaged ...

See entire post
by freshbiology
Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:40 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PostSynaptic Neuron
Replies: 3
Views: 146

BCAAs vs free-form amino acids in diet.

... l-phenylalanine (around 500mgs) which is a pre-cursor to neurotransmitters like dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline. I noticed a strong mental excitation effect. Yet, there is almost a gram per serving of l-phenylalanine in the whey and I don't notice these effects. I realize that my body uses ...

See entire post
by silligcam
Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:27 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BCAAs vs free-form amino acids in diet.
Replies: 0
Views: 530

photosynthesis

... events in the functioning of photosystem II is false? A. Light energy excites electrons in an antenna pigment in a photosynthetic unit B. The excitation is passes along to a molecule of p680 chlorophyll in the photosynthetic unit C. The p680 chlorophyll donates a pair of protons to NADPH, ...

See entire post
by mark2399
Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:57 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: photosynthesis
Replies: 2
Views: 855

Why are leaves green?

Read up on physics and electron excitation.

See entire post
by mith
Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:23 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Why are leaves green?
Replies: 43
Views: 42234

Re: Difference between ICC and IF

... on how the cell is fixed (some fixation processes made cells permeable). The fluorochrome is detected by fluorescence microscopy, always involving excitation of fluoresence with a defined wavelength band of light and detection of the longer-wave emission from the fluorochrome. Generally for epifluorescence ...

See entire post
by jonmoulton
Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:37 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Difference between ICC and IF
Replies: 2
Views: 762
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 297 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link