dictionary help| EPSP --> excitatory postsynaptic potential | medical dictionary |
The change in potential which is produced in the membrane of the next neurone when an impulse which has an excitatory influence arrives at the synapse; it is a local change in the direction of depolarisation; summation of these potential's can lead to discharge of an impulse by the neurone.
Acronym: EPSP
(05 Mar 2000)
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