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as compared to the speed of electricity in a wire, the speed with which action potentials travel along a neuron is: slightly slower. much slower. about the same. faster.
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Action - potentials in neurons involve complex biological and electrochemical processes. Electricity in a wire is a flow of electrons through a conductive material. Neurons have a slower - speed transmission due to the nature of ion - channel opening and closing, synaptic transmission, etc. compared to the relatively fast flow of electrons in a wire.
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much slower.