The likely effect on a neuron of two excitatory signals and twenty inhibitory signals is
A) transmission of a nerve impulse.
B) transmission of a nerve impulse releasing excitatory neurotransmitters at the next synapse.
C) transmission of a nerve impulse releasing inhibitory neurotransmitters at the next synapse.
D) prohibiting the axon from firing at all.
E) confused integration.

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Since there are more inhibitory than excitatory signals, the summing up of these signals may prohibit the axon from firing.

The Likely Effect on a Neuron of Two Excitatory Signals