A neuron will generate an action potential when 0 the neuron receives only excit

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A neuron will generate an action potential when 0 the neuron receives only excitatory signals, which cause a sub-threshold change in membrane potential. the neuron receives an equal number of excitatory and inhibitory signals to balance out the changes in its membrane potential. 0 the sum total of excitatory and inhibitory signals it receives causes a change in membrane potential that exceeds the threshold. the neuron receives a larger number of excitatory signals than inhibitory signals regardless of the degree to which they alter the membrane potential.

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A neuron will generate an action potential when the sum total of excitatory and inhibitory signals it receives causes a change in membrane potential that exceeds the threshold.

Sum of EPSP and IPSP must be greater than threshold potential.

EPSP - excitatory postsynaptic potential due to excitatory neurotransmitters.

IPSP - inhibitory postsynaptic potential due to inhibitory neurotransmitters.

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