When multiple, possibly even conflicting signals reach a neuron, the neuron evaluates the signals and may respond or not. This property is called

A) temporal summation.
B) graded potentials.
C) postsynaptic integration.
D) spatial summation.
E) EPSPs.


C) postsynaptic integration.

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