Medicine, 18.07.2019 16:10, lexi9239

How is information about the magnitude of the stimulus (e. g., amount of odor or taste molecules) conveyed by action potentials to the cns? a) increasing the amplitude of the action potentials
b) increasing the duration of the action potentials
c) increasing the duration of the spike train
d) increasing the frequency of the action potentials

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