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When a G-protein activates the second messenger which closes the sodium channels. The response produced due to this activation is EPSP or IPSP. The response will be whether fast or slow.

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Chemical synapses are specific junctions. Across these junctions, the cells pass signals to each other. These are a part of the nervous system, non-neuronal cells like muscles or glands. The inhibitory postsynaptic potentials are also known as IPSPs. The excitatory postsynaptic potentials are known as EPSPs. Both IPSPs and EPSPs are summed in the region of axon hillock.

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