The Canonical Model for Neurotransmitter Release Is That There Is

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Essay

The canonical model for neurotransmitter release is that there is synaptic input to a dendrite which, if large enough depolarizes the voltage across the membrane and generates an action potential at the axon hillock, which travels to the axon terminal and causes the release of neurotransmitter.
Based on the concepts in this chapter, discuss how the properties below alter this model.
A. Active properties of dendrites
B. Inhibition along the dendrite
C. Presynaptic inhibition
D. Summation?

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