Postsynaptic potentials

By EPFL
Published Feb, 2016

Glutamate release after an action potential. Resulting post-synaptic potentials in a biophysically realistic situation. Speaker: Carl Petersen.

Subjects Computational neuroscience Electrophysiology Neuroanatomy Neuroimaging
Difficulty level Beginner
Type Video
Collections Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function

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Glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic potentials. Excitatory post-synaptic currents (EPSCs). Excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSPs). EPSPs vs EPSCs. Post-synaptic voltage-dependence of EPSPs. Temporal and spatial summation of post-synaptic potentials. Speaker: Carl Petersen.