Biology with Connect Access Card
Biology with Connect Access Card
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780077705701
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 43, Problem 5A
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Summation is a phenomenon that determines if an action potential is going to be triggered due to the combined effects of inhibitory and excitatory signals. Summation is basically of two types; temporal summation and spatial summation.

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