Which Statement About the Process of Summation in a Neuron

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the process of summation in a neuron is false?

• A) Slight perturbations of the membrane potential spread across the postsynaptic cell body.
• B) The concentration of voltage-gated sodium channels is highest in the dendrites of the postsynaptic cell.
• C) Spatial summation adds up the simultaneous influences of synapses at different locations on the postsynaptic cell.
• D) Axons that terminate closer to the axon hillock have more influence on the summation process than those that do not.
• E) The process is essentially a comparison of all the excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic inputs.

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