Elwood is studying the difference between EPSPs and IPSPs. What should he write in his notes?
What will be an ideal response?
EPSP stands for excitatory postsynaptic potential and is a brief depolarization of the neuron. IPSPS stands for inhibitory postsynaptic potential and is a brief hyperpolarization of the neuron. Both EPSPs and IPSPs are decremental. However, added together, enough EPSPs can trigger an action potential if the result is that the neuron reaches threshold.
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