Cancellation occurs when excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) cancel each other out, preventing the threshold from being reached.
Cancellation occurs when excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) cancel each other out, preventing the threshold from being reached.
| Front | cancellation |
|---|---|
| Back | EPSPs and IPSPs cancel out, no threshold reached |
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