An Electric Potential That Increases the Likelihood That the Postsynaptic

question 78

Multiple Choice

An electric potential that increases the likelihood that the postsynaptic neuron will fire is called an ​

• A)all-or-none potential.
• B)inhibitory postsynaptic potential.
• C)excitatory postsynaptic potential.
• D)excitatory presynaptic potential.

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An Austrian neurologist named Sigmund Freud, who established psychoanalysis, a technique to address mental disorders through conversations between a psychoanalyst and their patient.