Intense electrical stimulation of axons within the hippocampal formation results in __________.

A. long-term potentiation of postsynaptic neurons
B. axoaxonic inhibition of presynaptic neurons
C. recurrent inhibition of the stimulated axons
D. long-term potentiation of presynaptic neurons


Answer: A

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