1. conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to the normal or usual direction
Usage: medical; neurophysiology

Examples

• The antidromic stimulation caused the nerve impulse to travel backward along the axon.
• Researchers used antidromic activation to study the properties of motor neurons.
• The antidromic response was measured to assess nerve conduction velocity.
• Antidromic impulses can be artificially induced in laboratory experiments.
• The neurologist explained that antidromic conduction occurs when electrical stimulation reverses the normal flow.
• Antidromic activation helped identify the specific neural pathways involved in the reflex.