When two action potentials arrive simultaneously at two different presynaptic terminals that synapse with the same postsynaptic neuron,
A. hyperpolarization occurs.
B. temporal summation occurs.
C. the direction of the action potential is reversed.
D. spatial summation occurs.
E. threshold is never reached.
Answer: D
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