Which of the following statements about EPSPs in the central nervous system is false?

Which of the following statements about EPSPs in the central nervous system is false?

Which of the following statements about EPSPs in the central nervous system is false?





  1. They are much larger than end plate potentials.
  2. EPSPs occurring close together in time can summate and help bring a neuron to threshold.
  3. Multiple EPSPs arriving together at different locations on the dendritic tree can summate and help bring a neuron to threshold.
  4. Their effect in the central nervous system can be nullified by IPSPs.
  5. All of the above are false; none is true.


Answer: 1