Temporal Summation on a Postsynaptic Membrane

question 11

Multiple Choice

Temporal summation on a postsynaptic membrane

• A)Refers to the effect on the membrane of one (or more) synaptic event before the effects of a previous synaptic event have died away
• B)Refers only to addition of EPSPs
• C)Refers only to the effect of stimulating different synapses repeatedly
• D)Inevitably leads to action potentials in the axon
• E)Is described by none of these choices

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