spike potential
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spike potential — noun : the sharp wave of electric negativity that accompanies the passage of an impulse along a nerve and coincides in time of occurrence with the refractory period of the nerve … Useful english dictionary
Spike — Spike(s) may refer to:Device to puncture or fasten* Nail (fastener), especially one over four inches long * Rail spike, used to construct railroad tracks * Tree spiking, making a tree dangerous to cut with a chainsaw * Spike strip, tire deflation … Wikipedia
Spike sorting — is a class of techniques used in the analysis of electrophysiological data. Spike sorting algorithms use the shape(s) of waveforms collected with one or more electrodes in the brain to distinguish the activity of one or more neurons from… … Wikipedia
spike — spike1 [spīk] n. [ME < ON spīkr, a nail, spike, or < MDu & MLowG spīker, both ult. < IE base * (s)p(h)ei , sharp, pointed splinter > SPIT1, SPOKE1, L spica, ear of grain, spina,SPINE] 1. a long, heavy nail 2. a sh … English World dictionary
Spike-triggered average — (STA) is a way to characterize connections between two neurons with single unit recording. The membrane potentials of a cell and its putative presynaptic partner are recorded through time, and the dynamics of the membrane right after the… … Wikipedia
Potential (Buffy episode) — Infobox Television episode Title=Potential Series=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season=7 Episode=12 Airdate=January 21 2003 Production=7ABB12 Writer=Rebecca Rand Kirshner Director=James A. Contner Guests=Tom Lenk (Andrew) Iyari Limon (Kennedy) Clara… … Wikipedia
spike — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Old Norse spīk splinter & spīkr spike; akin to Middle Dutch spiker spike more at spoke Date: 13th century 1. a very large nail 2. a. one of a row of pointed irons placed (as on the top of a wall)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
spike — 1. A brief electrical event of 3–25 ms that gives the appearance in the electroencephalogram of a rising and falling vertical line. 2. In electrophoresis, a sharply angled upward deflection on a densitometric tracing. ponto geniculo occipital s.… … Medical dictionary
Spike Freeman — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Spike Freeman real name=Spike Freeman publisher=Marvel Comics debut= X Force vol. 1 #117 creators=Peter Milligan Mike Allred alliance color=background:#ffc0c0 alliances=X Force… … Wikipedia
Spike Jones — Infobox actor bgcolour = yellow name = Spike Jones imagesize = 200px caption = birthname = Lindley Armstrong Jones birthdate = birth date|1911|12|14|mf=y location = Long Beach, California deathdate = death date and age|1965|5|1|1911|12|14… … Wikipedia
