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What is the small space separating pre and post-synaptic neurons?
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synaptic cleft (also known as "synaptic gap")
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Small space between two neurons?
Part of the brain that integrates sensory information
What is junction between two neurons?
The synaptic cleft is the space between two neurons, they never actually touch each other.
What is the small space between one neuron and the next is called?
A synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters cross these gaps, carrying on the signal.
Why is the cerebral cortex convoluted?
The brain is convoluted so that more neurons can live in the cell.
What are neuron's specialized connective tissue called?
Please clarify! In fact, there is no actual "connective tissue" per se. Perhaps synapse is the straight answer to your question? Neurons are separated in the brain by very, very tiny gaps. Information, if you will, is transmitted between the neurons and the nerves they respond to, by means of tiny electrical signals generated in each synapse, then released into the tiny space between neurons. The signals are created in the brain, for this purpose, of what are called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitter ---> "--noun any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland." Hope this leads you to further your curiosity and to investigate deeper. Robert Please, Re use, Re duce and Re cycle.
How is information sent from one neuron to the next?
Neurons have specialized projections called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring information to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body. Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a synapse. The synapse contains a small gap separating neurons. The synapse consists of: 1. a presynaptic ending that contains neurotransmitters, mitochondria and other cell organelles, 2. a postsynaptic ending that contains receptor sites for neurotransmitters and, 3. a synaptic cleft or space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic endings.
What is the small space between neurons where impulses pass?
Synapse
The small spaces between neurons where neurotransmitters are released are called alveoli?
The SYNAPSE is the very small space between two neurons and is an important site where communication between neurons occurs.
Small space between two neurons?
Part of the brain that integrates sensory information
What is the space between neurons?
Synapse
What is the point called where two neurons meet?
The space between two neurons is a synapse.
The area separating two objects?
SPACE
The space between two neurons or between a neuron and a receptor is known as a?
A Synapse is the space between two neurons or between a neuron and a receptor organ. A single neuron can have a few, or several hundred synapses.
What is the space between neurons where neurotransmitters cross called?
The synapse
What is junction between two neurons?
The synaptic cleft is the space between two neurons, they never actually touch each other.
What is the small space between one neuron and the next is called?
A synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters cross these gaps, carrying on the signal.
What is the space between neurons across which chemical messages pass?
The space between neurons is called the synaptic cleft. It is where neurotransmitters are released by the presynaptic neuron, travel across the cleft, and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron to transmit chemical messages.
