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Can somebody say to me which cells can generate action potential and which cells can generate only electrotonic potential? And is there cells that cannot even change their potential?

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An action potential is defined as a sudden, fast, transitory, and propagating change of the resting membrane potential. Only neurons and muscle cells are capable of generating an action potential; that property is called the excitability.

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