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Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron

How does a nerve fire? The Nobel-winning Hodgkin-Huxley equations reproduce the action potential from the dance of sodium and potassium channels — inject current and watch it spike.

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The Hodgkin-Huxley model — the Nobel-winning description of the nerve impulse — tracks voltage and the opening of sodium and potassium channels. Below a threshold current the neuron is silent; above it, it fires a train of action potentials whose rate climbs with the stimulus.

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Firing rate0.0 Hz
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ChannelsNa⁺ / K⁺

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Reading this result: Above threshold: each stimulus recharges the membrane fast enough to re-trigger Na⁺ channels, so the neuron fires a repetitive train whose rate rises with the current.

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The Hodgkin-Huxley model describes the neuron membrane as a circuit of voltage-gated sodium and potassium conductances. Below a threshold stimulus the cell stays quiet; above it, positive feedback through the sodium channels triggers all-or-nothing action potentials, firing faster as the injected current grows. The cornerstone of computational neuroscience.

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