WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0060079

GO:0060079 Name: excitatory postsynaptic potential
  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.
  Synonym: Exact: regulation of excitatory post-synaptic membrane potential
    Related: regulation of EPSP
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance: GO:0098816
      GO:0098817
    Component: GO:0005231
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0060078
    Component_of: GO:0099565
  Attributes_of: Index: Ancestor (23)
      Descendant: GO:0004931
        GO:0005231
        GO:0005234
        GO:0008068
        GO:0016933
        GO:0016934
        GO:0022848
        GO:0098816
        GO:0098817
    GO_annotation (88)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15