The final integration of postsynaptic potentials that determines whether an action potential is generated occurs within what region of a neuron?
A) dendrites
B) rough endoplasmic reticulum
C) axon
D) cell body
E) axon hillock

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The axon hillock is the region of a neuron where the summation of all incoming postsynaptic potentials occurs, and it determines whether the threshold is reached to generate an action potential.

The Final Integration of Postsynaptic Potentials That Determines Whether an Action