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spatial summation

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[spey-shuhl suh-mey-shuhn] / ˈspeɪ ʃəl səˈmeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. Physiology. summation5

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Origin of spatial summation

First recorded in 1965–70

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Does spatial summation have to happen all at once, or can the separate signals arrive on the postsynaptic neuron at slightly different times?

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