单词 | excitatory postsynaptic potential |
释义 | excitatory postsynaptic potentialex·cit·a·to·ry post·syn·ap·tic po·ten·tial (EPSP),ex·cit·a·to·ry post·syn·ap·tic po·ten·tial(ek-sī'tă-tōr-ē pōst'si-nap'tik pŏ-ten'shăl)excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)a reduction in the RESTING POTENTIAL of a postsynaptic cell caused by the arrival of TRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE from the presynaptic cell. The reduction takes the membrane potential close to the THRESHOLD and, therefore, nearer to itself forming an ACTION POTENTIAL. see FACILITATION. |
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