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In between 2 neurones is the synaptic cleft, the gap between the pre and post-synapse. NTs are the molecules which activate receptors on the post-synapse during synaptic transmission, The activated receptors initiate intracellular mechanisms such as ion channel opening, G-protein activation, etc, which can inhibit or produce action potentials (nerve impulses).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt diffuses across the synaptic cleft to bind to membrane receptors on the next neuron, initiating a synaptic potential.
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∙ 11y agoNeurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell across a synapse
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∙ 12y agoThey act as chemical transmitters in synapses
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What chemicals released from nerve cells that play an important role in nerve cell communication?
Neurotransmitters are chemicals released from nerve cells that play an important role in nerve cell communication.
What does an axon release when an impulse reaches the end of it?
Neurotransmitters to the synapse and the neurotransmitters bind with the receptors releasing the second messengers.
Transport proteins play a role in both?
transport proteins play a role in both
What cells remove neurotransmitters from receptor sites?
Cells known as astrocytes can remove neurotransmitters from the receptor area.
What role does a cheese cloth play in DNA extraction?
It plays a role.
What role does acetylcholine play in neurotransmission?
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in activating muscles, regulating REM sleep, and enhancing cognitive functions such as memory and attention. It is involved in both the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system in various physiological processes.
What chemicals released from nerve cells that play an important role in nerve cell communication?
Neurotransmitters are chemicals released from nerve cells that play an important role in nerve cell communication.
What role do dopamine and seratonine play in the body?
These are both neurotransmitters that bind to neurons and have mood elevation and mood depressing functions.
What is the definition of psychological dysfunction?
What role do neurotransmitters play in psychological functioning
What has the author Paul Bach-y-Rita written?
Paul Bach-y-Rita has written: 'Nonsynaptic diffusion neurotransmission and late brain reorganization' -- subject(s): Brain, Brain damage, Hemiplegia, Models, Neuronal Plasticity, Neuroplasticity, Neurotransmission, Neurotransmitter receptors, Neurotransmitters, Patients, Physiology, Rehabilitation
Neurotransmitters is known for its role in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease?
Dopamine plays an important role in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that send signals to nerve cells.
How does a signal travels down a neuron?
Best Answer: They make chemicals that are gas-like. Neurotransmitters.
What role if any do neurotransmitters play in the course of pedophilis?
See the link below to the WikiPedia article on Pedophilia. There are some stdies that indicate a neurological cause, but it is not substantiated.
Are neourotransmiters calcium ions?
No. Calcium plays a role in making neurotransmitters cross a synapse. The neurotransmitters themselves are organic molecules, not ions.
What is accomplished by synaptic transmission?
Synaptic transmission, also called neurotransmission, refers to the process wherein neurotransmitters are released by a neuron to activate the receptors of another neuron. Communication between two nerve cells is accomplished by synaptic transmission.
What is the medical term for muscle electricity?
Neurotransmission.
Why is conduction at synapses always one way?
We can be thankful that they go in only one direction; otherwise brain activity would be nothing but chaos. Neurotransmission begins at the synapse. At the synapse, only one of the two corresponding neurons has receptor locations that determine whether or not the receiving neuron will fire. The other neuron at the synapse is responsible for producing the neurotransmitters that attach to the receptors. There is sometimes a re-uptake of neurotransmitters when there are no more receptors for them to attach to. Some psychotropic drugs work to inhibit this re-uptake.
