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Summation (neurophysiology) Basic ways that neurons can interact with each other when converting input to output. Summation, which includes both spatial summation and temporal summation, is the process that determines whether or not an action potential will be generated by the combined effects of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from ...
Figure 10.14. Temporal and spatial summation. (A) Intracellular recordings are made from two idealized sensory neurons (SN1 and SN2) and a motor neuron (MN). (B) Temporal summation. A single action potential in SN1 produces a 1-mV EPSP in the MN. Two action potentials in quick succession produce a dual-component EPSP, the amplitude of which is ...
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Temporal integration or temporal summation refers to the well-known decrease in detection and discrimination thresholds with increases in the duration of the signal. Most models of this phenomenon (e.g. Plomp and Bouman,1959; Zwislocki, 1960) incorporate “leaky” integration with relatively long time constants, typically hundreds of milliseconds. These time constants are nearly two orders ...
Temporal summation is the relationship between stimulus duration and intensity when the presentation time is less than 1 second. Auditory sensitivity changes when the duration of a sound becomes less than 1 second. The threshold intensity decreases by about 10 dB when the duration of a tone burst is increased from 20 to 200 ms.
The successive impulses of afferent neurons combining additively in a postsynaptic neuron to produce a graded potential that may cause the neuron to transmit a nerve impulse or action potential that could not be produced by a single afferent impulse. See also graded potential. Compare spatial summation. [From Latin temporalis of or relating to time, from tempus time + -alis of or relating to]
This concept is called spatial summation. A superthreshold postsynaptic potential which is right next to the active zone of a synapse almost certainly will cause neurotransmitter to be released. An input to a projection neuron at the axon hillock, if large enough to open enough voltage-gated Na + channels, will almost certainly cause an action ...
Oct 31, 2023 · Summation, either spatial or temporal, is the addition of these impulses at the axon hillock. Together, synaptic summation and the threshold for excitation act as a filter so that random “noise” in the system is not transmitted as important information.
