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Compare and contrast excitatory and inhibitory post-synaptic potentials. In your answer, address the following: How are they generated? What...

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Compare and contrast excitatory andinhibitory post-synaptic potentials. In your answer, address thefollowing:

  1. How are they generated?
  2. What is the outcome?
  3. How might their size or strength be increased ordecreased?
  4. Why might you want to modify synaptic strength? Provide amechanism.

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Excitatory postsynaptic potential EPSP is a postsynaptic potential that makes the postsynaptic neuron more likely to fire an action potential while Inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a post synaptic potential that makes the postsynaptic neurone less likely to fire an action potential An EPSP is generated when there ischange in the membrane voltage of a postsynaptic cell following the influx of positively charged ions like sodium into a cell as a result of the activation of    See Answer
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