Swelling of nerve fibers during action potentials.
Nerve fibers swell concomitantly with the initiation of an action potential. Pronounced shrinkage follows the phase of swelling. These mechanical changes are attributed to the movement of water predicted by Teorell.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D049832:Decapodiformes; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
D007473:Ion Channels