Stretching and compressing, the tip links may open an ion channel and produce the receptor potential in the hair cell.

Thus hair cells transform the pressure waves of the sound into receptor potentials to initiate sensory transduction.

Current flow due to such potential difference further results in a receptor potential that is presynaptic to the sensory fibers.

Finally, this receptor potential leads to action potential fired by sensory cells.

This is in contrast to receptor potentials, whose amplitudes are dependent on the intensity of a stimulus.

The protein encoded by this gene is similar to the transient receptor potential (Trp) calcium channel family members.

This electrical signal, or receptor potential, takes a specific pathway through the nervous system to initiate a systematic response.

A receptor potential is often produced by sensory transduction.

An example of a receptor potential is in a taste bud, where taste is converted into an electrical signal sent to the brain.

This allows sodium ions to influx, creating a receptor potential.