Local Potentials

question 6

Multiple Choice

Local potentials:

• A)Are either receptor or synaptic potentials.
• B)Spread passively only a short distance along the cell membrane.
• C)Result from stimulation of sensory receptors or from the binding of a neurotransmitter with chemical receptor sites on a postsynaptic membrane.
• D)Both A and B
• E)A,B,and C

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Definitions:

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