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.
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Enough excitatory inputs will make the neuron create an action potential.
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Enough inhibitory inputs will prevent action potentials from occurring.
A neuron's ability to extract information from its inputs depends on
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the exact way in which the neuron is innervated,
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where its inputs come from,
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when its inputs arrive, and
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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