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# El potencial de acción The image describes the action potential. **Key Points:** * **Action Potential:** A brief but significant change in equilibrium. * **Propagation:** The membrane changes from negative (-) to positive (+) and propagates this change to the next. * **Coding Patterns:** The in...

# El potencial de acción The image describes the action potential. **Key Points:** * **Action Potential:** A brief but significant change in equilibrium. * **Propagation:** The membrane changes from negative (-) to positive (+) and propagates this change to the next. * **Coding Patterns:** The information transmitted to the post-synaptic neuron follows specific coding patterns. * **Hyperpolarization:** The membrane potential becomes more negative than the resting potential. * **Depolarization:** The membrane potential becomes less negative than the resting potential (e.g., -55 mV). **Diagram Description:** The image includes two graphs illustrating the changes in membrane potential during hyperpolarization and depolarization. Both graphs have a horizontal axis representing time and a vertical axis representing the membrane potential in millivolts (mV). The resting membrane potential is typically around -70 mV. * **Hyperpolarization:** The graph shows a rapid decrease in membrane potential below the resting potential (going more negative). * **Depolarization:** The graph displays a rapid increase in membrane potential, exceeding levels above the resting membrane potential. A simplified representation of an axon is also included.