Professor Kinsley is lecturing on EPSPs and action potentials. She tells the class that _____.
A) EPSPs are stronger than action potentials
B) sodium is required for an action potential but not for an EPSP
C) they are the same thing
D) EPSPs are decremental and action potentials are not

Question

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EPSPs (Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials) are decremental, meaning their strength decreases as they travel across the neuron. In contrast, action potentials maintain their strength as they propagate along the axon due to the regenerative mechanism of ion channel opening and closing.

Professor Kinsley Is Lecturing on EPSPs and Action Potentials