. Define Temporal and Spatial summation and explain how each can propagate the occurrence of an...

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. Define Temporal and Spatial summation and explain how each canpropagate the occurrence of an action potential in the axon of theneuron?(25 points)

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Spatial summation occurs when multiple presynaptic neuronestogether release enough neurotransmitter eg acetylcholine toexceed the threshold of the postsynaptic neurone For exampleneurone A and neurone B may individually release insufficientneurotransmitter but when    See Answer
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