What is 'Temporal Summation' at a synapse?
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Correct answer: A single presynaptic neuron firing repeatedly in quick succession
Temporal summation occurs when a single presynaptic neuron generates multiple EPSPs so rapidly that they add together before the previous one has decayed, eventually reaching the threshold.
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