A neuron reaches its trigger point when
a. it receives more than 10 "exciting" messages.
b. the number of "inhibiting" messages is half or less than the number of "exciting" messages.
c. "exciting" messages arrive close in time and are not canceled by "inhibiting" messages.
d. "inhibiting" messages arrive close in time and are not canceled by "exciting" messages.
ANSWER: c
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