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Summation (neurophysiology)

Summation, which includes both spatial summation and temporal summation, is the process that determines whether or not an action potential will be generated by the combined effects of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from multiple simultaneous inputs (spatial summation), and from repeated inputs (temporal summation). Depending on the sum total of…

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summation postsynaptic potential excitatory inhibitory neuron action potentials membrane cell neurons inputs threshold spatial temporal time signals neurotransmitter presynaptic hyperpolarization

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