Coronavirus disease - 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2, is currently a major concern worldwide1. COVID-19 has produced millions of infections worldwide, also causing hundreds of thousands of deaths1, a fact that has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare COVID-19 as a pandemic2. This Letter aims to discuss the main characteristics of COVID-19 and to raise the need for a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach to deal with this type of threat to global public health.
Señora Editora: La conducción de los impulsos nerviosos ha llamado la atención de los científicos por décadas. Éstos se generan gracias al desencadenamiento de un potencial de acción (PA), definido como una reversión transitoria en la polaridad del potencial de reposo de la membrana neuronal que se propaga a lo largo del axón desde su punto de inicio hasta los terminales axónicos, constituyendo así uno de los más fascinantes fenómenos biológicos.
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