Which of the following statements about graded synaptic potentials is TRUE:

A. they have a threshold
B. they are slow events compared to action potentials
C. they are only excitatory
D. they result from transmitter binding to metabotropic receptors
E. they do not decay with distance along the dendrite


Answer: B. they are slow events compared to action potentials

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