When EPSPs originating from a single presynaptic input occur so close together in time that they add together or sum, thereby bringing the postsynaptic cell to threshold, it is called ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


temporal summation

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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