Which Statement About Electrical Synapses Is False

question 247

Multiple Choice

Which statement about electrical synapses is false?

• A) Electrical synapses do not perform temporal summation.
• B) Signal transmission is rapid at electrical synapses.
• C) Electrical synapses are mostly excitatory.
• D) Electrical synapses are less common than chemical synapses in vertebrates.
• E) Gap junctions are rare at electrical synapses.

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