Which of the Following Statements About the Process of Summation

question 40

Multiple Choice

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

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

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