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How a postsynaptic neuron’s decision to fire depends on the ratio of EPSPs to IPSPs
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Ch. 12.1 - What is a receptor? Give two examples of...Ch. 12.1 - Distinguish between the central and peripheral...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 3BYGOCh. 12.1 - What the nervous and endocrine systems have in...Ch. 12.1 - Three fundamental functions of the nervous system;...Ch. 12.1 - Differences between the central nervous system...Ch. 12.1 - The autonomic nervous system and its two divisionsCh. 12.2 - Sketch a multipolar neuron and label its...Ch. 12.2 - Explain the differences between a sensory neuron,...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 6BYGO
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