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Long axons vs serial neurons

Long axons vs serial neurons

Imported from a comment discussion on http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/21137/can-a-single-axon-propagate-multiple-simultaneous-action-potentials/22015#22015
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GriffinEvo
Dec 17, 2014 13:55
could you summarise to catch me up on the issue?
Chris
Dec 17, 2014 12:15
playing around with chats? :-)
WYSIWYG
Dec 17, 2014 10:56
@watsonic Ahh. You mean what if in a long axon the first AP has not reached the synapse but the soma/dendritic region is already repolarized?
Chris Stronks
Dec 17, 2014 10:56
wait wait wait - the sciatic nerve fibers running from the base of the spinal column to the toes are about a meter long! sciencedaily.com/articles/a/axon.htm So this should be more than sufficient to physiologically evoke multiple APs in the axon.