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Explain what happens to neurotransmitters after they are released?
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∙ 13y ago
After neurotransmitters are released in to the synaptic cleft - from the presynaptic neuron, they bind with there specific receptor cites found on the postsynaptic neurons cell membrane. Some neurotransmitters then become inactive by enzymes whiles other simply drift away from the synaptic cleft. Reuptake can also occur where the presynaptic neuron sponges up (or takes back) the remaining neurotransmitters left behind.
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Where are neurotransmitters released?
Dendrites
Neurotransmitters released by 1 nerve cell are received by?
Neurotransmitters released by 1 nerve cell are received by another neuron. The receptor of a postsynaptic neuron receives the neurotransmitters.
Explain how neurotransmitters affect behavior?
Neurotransmitters can directly or indirectly affect behavior. It influences neurons in a specific portion of the brain. Any abnormal level in neurotransmitters can lead to mental disorders.
What happens when neurotransmitters communicate an excitatory message to the postsynaptic neuron?
When neurotransmitters communicate an inhibitory message to the postsynaptic neuron:
What happens when the impulses reaches the axon terminal?
Neurotransmitters are released and go into the synaptic cleft.
What are retrograde neurotransmitters?
Retrograde neurotransmitters are released from dendrites and alter the activity of neighbouring cells. This process is the opposite of typical neurotransmitters, which are released from the axon terminal (of a post synaptic neuron) and act on dendrites. Two examples are the gaseous neurotransmitters Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide.
What are neurotransmitters that affect a neuron's response to other neurotransmitters called?
These are typically known as neuromodulators; they can either change the rate at which a neurotransmitter is released, or alter the response to a certain neurotransmitters.
The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released into the?
synapse
Where are neurotransmitters released by neurons?
The axon terminal, into a synapse.
How do Presynaptic neurons release neurotransmitters?
They don't, the neurotransmitters stay on either side of the synapse. Neurotransmitters are released when the synaptic vesicles fuse with the presynaptic neuron's membrane, so as to release them into the synaptic cleft.
What is the medical term meaning Chemicals released by neurons?
neurotransmitters
What Neurotransmitters are released at the ends of some nerve cells?
An axon
