Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials differ from excitatory postsynaptic potentials most significantly in their direction of membrane polarization.
<h3>Electrical propagation in neurons</h3>
Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system. it's transmits electrical impulses from one cell to another in form of action potentials.
The temporal change in the electric polarization of the membrane of a nerve cell (neuron) is called postsynaptic potentials. There are two types which include:
- Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials: the charge across the membrane is further from the firing threshold.
- Excitatory postsynaptic potentials: the charge across the membrane is nearer to the firing threshold.
Therefore, Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials differ from excitatory postsynaptic potentials most significantly in their direction of membrane polarization.
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