The Threshold of Excitation
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The threshold of excitation is the level of depolarization a neuron must reach before it fires.
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Incoming signals push a neuron from negative toward zero, and nothing is transmitted until the threshold is crossed.
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Signals below threshold are not wasted. They sum with others arriving close in time.