According to the all-or-nothing principle,
A. as a person ages, his or her neurological system slows down and the intensity of neural impulses decreases significantly.
B. once the electrical impulse reaches a certain level of intensity, it fires and moves all the way down the axon without losing any intensity.
C. if all the neurons in a network are not integrated, the "message" carried by the neurons will be lost.
D. the amount of time a neuron must "rest" in between firing episodes is stable.
Answer: B
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