Multiple Choice
Which one of Sherrington's inferences about the synapse was wrong?
A) Transmission at a synapse is slower than transmission of impulses along an axon.
B) Transmission at the synapse is primarily an electrical process.
C) Synapses can be either excitatory or inhibitory.
D) Synapses make spatial summation and temporal summation possible.
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