When a second EPSP (excitatory postsynaptic potential) arrives at a single synapse before the effects of the first have disappeared, what occurs?

A) spatial summation
B) temporal summation
C) inhibition of the impulse
D) hyperpolarization
E) decrease in speed of impulse transmission


B

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