Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials

Item #10 of 10

Postsynaptic potentials that have the greatest effect on the whether or not an action potential is triggered ___________________________.

occur along the axon shaft;

occur close to the axon hillock;

are those that decay the slowest;

occur at the very tip of dendritic spines;

all of the alternatives are correct;

INCORRECT - These PSPs would tend to be the farthest away from the hillock, and therefore have the smallest effect.

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		occur along the axon shaft;
		occur close to the axon hillock;
		are those that decay the slowest;
		occur at the very tip of dendritic spines;
		all of the alternatives are correct;