excitatory postsynaptic potential


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ex·cit·a·to·ry post·syn·ap·tic po·ten·tial (EPSP),

the change in potential that is produced in the membrane of the next neuron when an impulse that has an excitatory influence arrives at the synapse; it is a local change in the direction of depolarization; summation of these potentials can lead to discharge of an impulse by the neuron.

ex·cit·a·to·ry post·syn·ap·tic po·ten·tial

(ek-sī'tă-tōr-ē pōst'si-nap'tik pŏ-ten'shăl)
The change in potential that is produced in the membrane of the next neuron when an impulse that has an excitatory influence arrives at the synapse; it is a local change in the direction of depolarization; summation of these potentials can lead to discharge of an impulse by the neuron.

excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

a reduction in the RESTING POTENTIAL of a postsynaptic cell caused by the arrival of TRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE from the presynaptic cell. The reduction takes the membrane potential close to the THRESHOLD and, therefore, nearer to itself forming an ACTION POTENTIAL. see FACILITATION.
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Abbreviations: AMPA-R: AMPA-type glutamate receptor; APP: amyloid precursor protein; CaMKII: Ca2D/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II; DISC1: Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1; ENU: N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea; EPSP: excitatory postsynaptic potential; ERP: event-related potential; IPSP: inhibitory postsynaptic potential; NMDA-R: N-methyl D-aspartate receptor; P30: postnatal day 30; P60: postnatal day 60; PAK: p21-activated kinase; PCP: phencyclidine; PFC: prefrontal cortex; PPI: prepulse inhibition; PSD: postsynaptic density; shRNA: short hairpin RNA; SZ: schizophrenia; VAMP2: vesicle associated membrane protein 2.
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Bacopa monnieri on hippocampal synaptic potentiation in rats
with [E.sub.i] = [E.sub.i](t), t [greater than or equal to] 0 and [I.sub.j] = [I.sub.j](t), t [greater than or equal to] 0 as Poisson processes with rates [[lambda].sub.E,i](t) and [[lambda].sub.I,j](t), a > 0 and b > 0 being the magnitude of each excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) and inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP); a cell receives excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) at p synapses and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) at q inhibitory synapses.
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AMP A and NMDA are glutamate type receptors and are responsible for the induction of [Ca.sup.+] along with some other cations which results in the rise of excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP), whereas GABA's are mainly responsible for the inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP).
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The energy waveforms of an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) and inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) are shown in Figures 3 and 4, respectively.
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Synaptic vesicles in the presynaptic terminals release their contents continuously, even at rest, into the synaptic cleft (quantal release) that contributes to the miniature excitatory postsynaptic potential (mEPSP) recorded from the neuronal soma (Figure 1(a)).
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The nAChR responds to neurotransmitter stimulation by allowing rapid influx of sodium, producing an excitatory postsynaptic potential. The nAChR is the second messenger receptor principally found in autonomic ganglia, hippocampus, cerebral cortex ([m.sub.1]AChR) and the cerebellum ([m.sub.2]AChR).
Neurologic Mechanisms in Psychoneuroimmunology
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Abbreviations: AC, adenylate cyclase; AMPA, a-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate; AP, action potential; CaM, calmodulin; CaMKII, calmodulin-dependent kinase II; EPSP, excitatory postsynaptic potential; HCN, hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation; I-1, inhibitory protein 1; LTD, long-term depression; LTP, long-term potentiation; NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate; P, postnatal day; PKC, protein kinase C; PP1, protein phosphatase 1; PPF, paired-pulse facilitation; SC-CA1, Schaffer collateral synapse.
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