Preferred Label : refractory period, electrophysiological;
MeSH definition : The period of time following the triggering of an ACTION POTENTIAL when the CELL MEMBRANE
has changed to an unexcitable state and is gradually restored to the resting (excitable)
state. During the absolute refractory period no other stimulus can trigger a response.
This is followed by the relative refractory period during which the cell gradually
becomes more excitable and the stronger impulse that is required to illicit a response
gradually lessens to that required during the resting state.;
MeSH synonym : electrophysiological refractory periods; electrophysiological refractory period; refractory periods, electrophysiological;
MeSH hyponym : refractory period, neurologic; Neurologic Refractory Periods; Period, Neurologic Refractory; Refractory Period, Neurological; Neurological Refractory Period; Neurological Refractory Periods; Refractory Periods, Neurological; Refractory Periods, Neurologic; Neurologic Refractory Period; Periods, Neurologic Refractory;
Related MeSH term : inhibition, wedensky; Neuromuscular Fade; Fade, Neuromuscular; Neuromuscular Transmission Fade; Fade, Neuromuscular Transmission; Transmission Fade, Neuromuscular; Vvedenskii Inhibition; Wedensky Inhibition; Inhibition, Vvedenskii; Tetanic Fade; Fade, Tetanic;
MeSH annotation : DF: REFRACTORY PERIOD NEUROL;
Origin ID : D012032;
UMLS CUI : C1720801;
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The period of time following the triggering of an ACTION POTENTIAL when the CELL MEMBRANE
has changed to an unexcitable state and is gradually restored to the resting (excitable)
state. During the absolute refractory period no other stimulus can trigger a response.
This is followed by the relative refractory period during which the cell gradually
becomes more excitable and the stronger impulse that is required to illicit a response
gradually lessens to that required during the resting state.
