Question

A neuron will generate action potentials more often when it: remains below its threshold remains below its threshold receives an excitatory input receives an excitatory input receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs is stimulated by a neurotransmitter is stimulated by a neurotransmitter

Answer 1

A neuron will generate action potentials more often when it receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs

Step-by-step explanation:

An action potential is a short term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell. It occurs when an external stimulus is received by the cell membrane of a neuron resulting in the depolarization (a decrease in the difference in voltage between the inside and outside of the neuron) of the neuron and transmission of the action potential down the neuron.

A neuron receives both excitatory and inhibitory inputs from the many other neurons it is connected to at synaptic junctions. For an action potential to be generated in a neuron, the sum of the excitatory inputs must be greater than that of the inhibitory inputs.