What is the best definition of the "receptive field" of an afferent neuron?
A. The number of interneurons with which the central process of the afferent neuron makes synaptic contact via divergence.
B. The type of stimulus energy to which the afferent neuron is most sensitive.
C. All of the interneuron cell bodies and dendrites onto which the afferent neuron synapses.
D. The area of the cerebral cortex in which information from that afferent neuron is initially received.
E. The area of the body that, when stimulated, leads to activity in that particular afferent neuron.
E
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