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trigger zone

trigger zone

a low-threshold region for eliciting a response. In a neuron, the trigger zone for evoking an action potential is the axon hillock, where postsynaptic potentials summate. In the brain, stimulation of the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the medulla oblongata provokes vomiting.

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