Temporal Summation
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Sensory Receptors and Neuronal Circuits for Processing Information — Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology▶ 14:05And the second strategy doesn't use more fibers at all, does itIt's called temporal summationThat's rightSynaptic Transmission in the Central Nervous System — Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle▶ 4:11Until the voltage finally crosses that high threshold line, and bam, the postsynaptic cell firesWe call that temporal summation, adding up signals over timeBut there has to be another way to reach that threshold, rightSynaptic & Junctional Transmission — Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology▶ 25:04Let's apply that to the two main types of summationFirst, temporal summationTemporal summation is all about timing, so it relies on the time constant