| Name: | preoptic area |
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| Synonyms: | area praeoptica, area preoptica, preoptic region |
| Definition: | Area of the forebrain anterior to the posterior tuberculum and the hypothalamus and ventral to the ventral thalamus. See Figure 7, p. 34 in Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000470] |
| Name: | neuronal action potential |
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| Synonyms: | generation of action potential |
| Definition: | An action potential that occurs in a neuron. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0019228] QuickGO AmiGO |