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law of forward conduction

law of forward conduction

the rule that, under natural conditions, nerve impulses always travel in the same direction, from the axon hillock, where the axon originates at the cell body, to the terminal button of the axon. Also called forward-conduction law. Compare antidromic conduction.

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