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Abstract
Depolarization of membrane potentials at the SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES of target neurons during neurotransmission. Excitatory postsynaptic potentials can singly or in summation reach the trigger threshold for ACTION POTENTIALS.
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- EPSP
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential
- Postsynaptic Potential, Excitatory
- Postsynaptic Potentials, Excitatory
- Potential, Excitatory Postsynaptic
- Potentials, Excitatory Postsynaptic
- End Plate Potentials
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Currents
- Current, Excitatory Postsynaptic
- Currents, Excitatory Postsynaptic
- End Plate Potential
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Current
- Plate Potential, End
- Plate Potentials, End
- Postsynaptic Current, Excitatory
- Postsynaptic Currents, Excitatory
- Potential, End Plate
- Potentials, End Plate
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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for miniature end plate potentials or miniature excitatory postsynaptic potentials coordinate with MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
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- Evoked Potentials (1967-1997)
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- National Library of Medicine. Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019706. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019706
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitatory_postsynaptic_potential
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207387