You are recording the electrical activity of a cell body with a resting membrane potential of -70 mV. Three different stimuli are detected by 3 different dendrites at the same time, each changes the voltage of the dendrite to -65 mV. However, the voltage change detected in the cell body of that neuron, is -55 mV. What happened? temporal summation of IPSPS O spatial summation of IPSPS O temporal summation of EPSPS O spatial summation of EPSPS

You are recording the electrical activity of a cell body with a resting membrane potential of -70 mV. Three different stimuli are detected by 3 different dendrites at the same time, each changes the voltage of the dendrite to -65 mV. However, the voltage change detected in the cell body of that neuron, is -55 mV. What happened? temporal summation of IPSPS O spatial summation of IPSPS O temporal summation of EPSPS O spatial summation of EPSPS

Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

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Author:Lauralee Sherwood

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Chapter4: Principles Of Neural And Hormonal Communication

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1SQE: Answer the following questions regarding conduction of action potentials using the velocities given...

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