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receptor potential

receptor potential

the electric potential produced by stimulation of a receptor cell, which is roughly proportional to the intensity of the sensory stimulus and may be sufficient to trigger an action potential in a neuron that is postsynaptic to the receptor. Also called generator potential.

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