Shunting 3430179 177896860 2007-12-14T16:07:15Z 82.11.155.70 :''This article relates to a neurological event; for the railway-related activity, see [[switcher|shunter]] and [[shunt (railway operations)]].'' '''Shunting''' is an event in the [[neuron]] which occurs when an [[excitatory postsynaptic potential]] and an [[inhibitory postsynaptic potential]] are occurring close to each other on a [[dendrite]], or are both on the [[Soma (biology)|soma]] of the cell. ==See also== * [[Spatial summation]] * [[Temporal summation]] [[Category:Neurophysiology]]