Term Information

Accession
GO:0060079
Name
excitatory postsynaptic potential
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
regulation of excitatory post-synaptic membrane potential, regulation of EPSP
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A process that leads to a temporary increase in postsynaptic potential due to the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell. The flow of ions that causes an EPSP is an excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) and makes it easier for the neuron to fire an action potential. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:ef
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0060079 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0060079)
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excitatory postsynaptic potential [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chemical synaptic transmission, postsynaptic (GO:0099565)
excitatory postsynaptic potential [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:0060078)
Children of excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0060079)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
mini excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0098816) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory postsynaptic potential
evoked excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0098817) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory postsynaptic potential
excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005231) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  excitatory postsynaptic potential
negative regulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0090394) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  excitatory postsynaptic potential
modulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0098815) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  excitatory postsynaptic potential
excitatory chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0098976) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  excitatory postsynaptic potential
positive regulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:2000463) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  excitatory postsynaptic potential
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