Part of the brain that integrates sensory information
synapse
synapse
The synaptic cleft is the space between two neurons, they never actually touch each other.
A synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters cross these gaps, carrying on the signal.
The connection between two neurons is not a true connection but a gap junction that is used by neurotransmitters between them.
Interneurons are multipolar neurons that connects afferent and efferent neurons.
The chemical messenger of the body is a neurotransmitter. They are chemicals that carry signals between neurons or from neurons to muscles. In the synaptic cleft, impulses are exchanged between two neurons.
The SYNAPSE is the very small space between two neurons and is an important site where communication between neurons occurs.
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.
The space between two neurons is a synapse.
The synaptic cleft is the space between two neurons, they never actually touch each other.
Synaptic cleft
The space between two connecting neurons is called a synapse.
A synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters cross these gaps, carrying on the signal.
The synapse is the space between pre- and post-synaptic neurons
Synapses
Not exactly; as an impulse moves from one neuron to another it crosses a small space between the neurons called a synapse. The neurons as said to 'not touch' because the cell MEMBRANES of the two neurons do NOT touch, nor merge, nor consequently is there any sharing of cytoplasm between the two neurons. The two neurons ARE, however, HELD TOGETHER at that synapse by small molecules called SYNAPTIC ADHESION MOLECULES, which protrude FROM each neuron into the synaptic cleft or gap and then stick to one another. In this sense, PARTS of neurons do 'touch' PARTS of other neurons, in a MECHANICAL or structural manner, but NOT in an electrical or signal sense. The neural SIGNAL passes through the synaptic cleft or gap via neurotransmitter chemicals which are released by one neuron, diffuse quickly through the gap, and then stimulate a signal in the receiving neuron.
A neuron is a nerve cell. A synapse is a gap between the sending and receiving neurons, where there are neurotransmitters responsible for transporting chemicals to the receiving neuron. (A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger.)
A vesicle is a small small, bubblelike structure at the tip of an axon that releases neurotransmitters to carry nerve impulses across the synapse between two neurons.