Neural Processing of Inputs
The fundamental way a neuron processes its inputs is
to interact its excitatory and
inhibitory signals that come from neurons
that innervate it.
Enough excitatory inputs will make the neuron create an action potential.
Enough inhibitory inputs will prevent action potentials from occurring.
A neuron's ability to extract information from its inputs depends on
the exact way in which the neuron is innervated,
where its inputs come from,
when its inputs arrive, and
how sensitive the neuron is to its inputs.
From the CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations, Volume 1
Back to the brain.
Don Johnson 3/16/97