When the Electrical Signals from a Single Synapse Firing Rapidly

question 132

Multiple Choice

When the electrical signals from a single synapse firing rapidly and repetitively combine before they can each die out, the result is

• A) an action potential.
• B) a seizure.
• C) temporal summation.
• D) spatial summation.

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