Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about neurons is true?
A) They fire action potentials only on the basis of the number of excitatory inputs they receive.
B) They sum excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials.
C) The "decision" to fire is made in the dendrites.
D) They make spatial, but not temporal, summations.
E) Both a and c
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