Postsynaptic potentials

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

By EPFL

Published Feb, 2016

Subjects General neuroscience Neurophysiology

Difficulty level Beginner

Type Video

Collections Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function

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Topics covered:

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