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-What process involved in this neuronal activity generates an action potential?
A) Depolarization to a threshold
B) Conduction
C) Activation
D) Hyperpolarization

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Use the following to answer questions :
 
-What process involved in this neuronal activity generates an action potential?
A) Depolarization to a threshold 
B) Conduction 
C) Activation 
D) Hyperpolarization

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The generation of an action potential involves depolarization of the neuron's membrane potential to a threshold level, at which point voltage-gated ion channels open and allow an influx of positively charged ions, leading to depolarization and the propagation of the action potential down the axon. Conduction, activation, and hyperpolarization are all important aspects of neuronal activity, but only depolarization to a threshold is directly involved in generating an action potential.

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