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neural irritability

neural irritability

a property of nerve tissue that makes it sensitive to stimulation and capable of responding by transmitting action potentials. It is dependent on rapid, transient movement of ions through ion channels in the plasma membrane, causing a reversible depolarization of the membrane.

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