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'''Shunting''' is an event in the [[neuron]] which occurs when an [[excitatory postsynaptic potential]] and an [[inhibitory postsynaptic potential]] are occurring close to each other on a [[dendrite]], or are both on the [[Soma (biology)|soma]] of the cell.
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'''Shunting''' is an event in the [[neuron]] which occurs when an [[excitatory postsynaptic potential]] and an [[inhibitory postsynaptic potential]] are occurring close to each other on a [[dendrite]], or are both on the [[Soma (biology)|soma]] of the cell.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
==See also==
* [[Spatial summation]]
* [[Temporal summation]]
 
[[Category:Neurophysiology]]

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Shunting is an event in the neuron which occurs when an excitatory postsynaptic potential and an inhibitory postsynaptic potential are occurring close to each other on a dendrite, or are both on the soma of the cell.