In ________, activity at an axoaxonic synapse increases the amount of neurotransmitter released when an action potential arrives at the axon terminus

A) presynaptic inhibition
B) presynaptic facilitation
C) spatial summation
D) temporal summation
E) spatial facilitation


B

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