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Why do action potentials NOT get stronger as they travel along an axon?

Why do action potentials NOT get stronger as they travel along an axon?

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Action potential follows all or non phenomenon that means when they are produced they will have the same magnitude despite the type of stimulus that produces it.

This is because action potetial is produced due to rapid influx of the sodium ion into the cell making the inside positve until the sodium ions reaches their equilibrium level. hence the magnitude of action potential can never be greater than equilibrium potential of sodium. Henc eaction potentials do not get stronger as they travel along an axon.

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