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a receptor structure in a ligand-gated sodium-ion pore. The receptor is like a cave which is an outer part of a protein structure which also has a tunnel which can be open or closed, and the presence of the neurotransmitter causes the tunnel (pore) to open.

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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.


What releases neurotransmitters into the synapse?

Neurotransmitters are released into the synapse by the presynaptic neuron.


What goes from the synapse to the cell body?

Small chemicals called 'neurotransmitters' that are released into the synapse will diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind to postsynaptic receptors (which may be on a cell body, or a dendrite). Examples of neurotransmitters are: adrenaline/epinephrine, acetylcholine, glutamate, serotonin, GABA, glycine and dopamine.


Where are neurotransmitters released by neurons?

The axon terminal, into a synapse.


The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released into the?

synaptic cleft. This release allows the neurotransmitters to bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, leading to changes in its membrane potential and potentially initiating a new action potential in the receiving neuron.


How do neurotransmitters travel within the brain and nervous system?

Neurotransmitters travel within the brain and nervous system by crossing the synapse, a small gap between neurons. They are released from the axon terminal of one neuron, travel across the synapse, and bind to receptors on the dendrites of the next neuron, transmitting signals between neurons.


What happens to neurotransmitters after the never impules passed through the synapse?

After a nerve impulse passes through the synapse, neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, transmitting the signal. Once their job is done, neurotransmitters are typically cleared from the synaptic cleft through reuptake into the presynaptic neuron, enzymatic degradation, or diffusion away from the synapse. This process ensures that the signal is brief and allows the neurons to reset for the next impulse.


What is a synapse and how is information transmitted at the synapse?

A synapse is a structure that allows communication between neurons. Information is transmitted across the synapse through the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron, which then bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, leading to changes in the postsynaptic neuron's electrical activity.


What term refers to a neurotransmitter?

are endogenous chemicals which relay, amplify, and modulate signals between a neuron and another cell.[1] Neurotransmitters are packaged into synaptic vesicles that cluster beneath the membrane on the presynaptic side of a synapse, and are released into the synaptic cleft, where they bind to receptors in the membrane on the postsynaptic side of the synapse. Release of neurotransmitters usually follows arrival of an action potential at the synapse, but may follow graded electrical potentials. Low level "baseline" release also occurs without electrical stimulation.


This contains neurotransmitters that allow a signal to cross from one neuron to another?

A synaspe.. something like that lol


The axon sending a neuron is separated from the dendrite of receiving neuron by a?

The axon sending a neuron is separated from the dendrite of the receiving neuron by a synapse. This small gap allows for the transmission of neurotransmitters, which are chemical signals that facilitate communication between neurons. When an electrical impulse reaches the end of the axon, neurotransmitters are released into the synapse and bind to receptors on the dendrite of the receiving neuron, allowing the signal to be propagated.


What is the opening across which one neuron communicates with another neuron known as?

The opening across which one neuron communicates with another neuron is called a synapse. At the synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron, which then bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron to transmit the signal.