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What is the result of sodium ions moving across the axons membrane during an action potential?
a neural impulse(electrical impulse) is released and it travels down the axon of a neuron to the axon terminals. At the axon terminal there are sacs called synaptic vesicles which contain chemicals called neurotransmitters. When the neural impulse reaches the terminal it causes the sacs to move closer to the membrane of the axon terminal and release the neurotransmitters inside. Then neurotransmitters travel across the synaptic gap and stimulate the dendrites of another neuron and the whole process starts again.
What is a process whereby one neuron communicates with another neuron?
When nerve impulses are triggered near the soma/cell body, an electrical current known as the ACTION POTENTIAL sweeps through the axon and into the axon terminal. When the action potential reaches the tips of the axon terminal, it causes the synaptic vesicles to move towards the membrane of the terminal buttons. The buttons then open up and release the neurotransmitters (drugs.) The neurotransmitter molecules cross over the synaptic gap and attach themselves unto the receptor sites of the other neuron. After accomplishing their work on the receptor sites, some of the neurotransmitter molecules are broken down into other chemicals in a process called Degradation. The rest of the neurotransmitter molecules are taken up by the vesicles for reuse in a process called Reuptake.
What ion causes presynaptic vesicle to fuse to axon membrane?
The calcium ion is responsible for causing the presynaptic vesicle to fuse to the axon membrane in a process called exocytosis. When an action potential reaches the presynaptic terminal, calcium ions enter the terminal and trigger the fusion of the vesicle with the axon membrane, releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
How does a message jump across the synaptic gap and passes to the next neuron?
Nerve impulses, which are electrical, do not jump across the synaptic gap at synapses. Instead, the arrival of a nerve impulse at the axon terminal triggers the release of chemicals called neurotransmitters from the axon terminal into the synaptic gap, the nerve impulses then travel across the chemicals to the place where it needs to go to
What goes on when an action potential is transferred from one neuron to the next through a synapse?
When an action potential reaches the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron, it triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These neurotransmitters then bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, leading to changes in its membrane potential. This process either excites or inhibits the postsynaptic neuron, depending on the neurotransmitter and receptor type involved.
What is the process by which neurotransmitters reenter terminal buttons and are repackaged for future use in the terminal buttons?
Reuptake
What is the result of sodium ions moving across the axons membrane during an action potential?
a neural impulse(electrical impulse) is released and it travels down the axon of a neuron to the axon terminals. At the axon terminal there are sacs called synaptic vesicles which contain chemicals called neurotransmitters. When the neural impulse reaches the terminal it causes the sacs to move closer to the membrane of the axon terminal and release the neurotransmitters inside. Then neurotransmitters travel across the synaptic gap and stimulate the dendrites of another neuron and the whole process starts again.
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 is a Unused neurotransmitters are absorbed in a process?
Unused neurotransmitters are absorbed through a process called reuptake, where they are taken back up into the presynaptic neuron that released them. This allows for the efficient recycling of neurotransmitters and helps to regulate the levels of neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft.
What is a process whereby one neuron communicates with another neuron?
When nerve impulses are triggered near the soma/cell body, an electrical current known as the ACTION POTENTIAL sweeps through the axon and into the axon terminal. When the action potential reaches the tips of the axon terminal, it causes the synaptic vesicles to move towards the membrane of the terminal buttons. The buttons then open up and release the neurotransmitters (drugs.) The neurotransmitter molecules cross over the synaptic gap and attach themselves unto the receptor sites of the other neuron. After accomplishing their work on the receptor sites, some of the neurotransmitter molecules are broken down into other chemicals in a process called Degradation. The rest of the neurotransmitter molecules are taken up by the vesicles for reuse in a process called Reuptake.
What is the structure at the end of an axon that produces neurotransmitters?
The axon is a single process extending from the axon hillock, sometimes covered by a fatty layer called a myelin sheath that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body of the neuron.Distal tips of axons are telodendria, each of which terminates in a synaptic knob.
What causes a neuron to release neurotransmitters?
When an action potential reaches the end of a neuron's axon, it triggers the release of neurotransmitters from vesicles in the presynaptic terminal into the synaptic cleft. This process is mediated by the influx of calcium ions that enter the neuron during an action potential, causing the vesicles to fuse with the cell membrane and release their contents.
Unused neurotransmitters are absorbed in a process called?
reuptake.
What is it called when neurotransmitters are recycled?
The process of recycling neurotransmitters is known as reuptake. This is when neurotransmitters are taken back up into the presynaptic neuron after they have been released into the synaptic cleft.
What is A terminal that cannot process information?
A "dumb terminal"
What ion causes presynaptic vesicle to fuse to axon membrane?
The calcium ion is responsible for causing the presynaptic vesicle to fuse to the axon membrane in a process called exocytosis. When an action potential reaches the presynaptic terminal, calcium ions enter the terminal and trigger the fusion of the vesicle with the axon membrane, releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
How does a message jump across the synaptic gap and passes to the next neuron?
Nerve impulses, which are electrical, do not jump across the synaptic gap at synapses. Instead, the arrival of a nerve impulse at the axon terminal triggers the release of chemicals called neurotransmitters from the axon terminal into the synaptic gap, the nerve impulses then travel across the chemicals to the place where it needs to go to
