Vesicles in an axon move towards the membrane due to the activity of molecular motors such as kinesin and dynein. These motors use ATP to move along microtubules in the cytoskeleton, carrying vesicles to their destination at the axon terminal. This movement is essential for the release of neurotransmitters during synaptic transmission.
Calcium ions are responsible for triggering the fusion of neurotransmitter vesicles with the axon's membrane during the conduction of a nerve impulse. The influx of calcium ions into the neuron's terminal triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, it triggers the opening of voltage-gated calcium channels. The influx of calcium causes the synaptic vesicles to move towards the cell membrane and fuse with it, releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
Calcium ions cause the neurotransmitter vesicles to fuse with the axon terminal. When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, voltage-gated calcium ion pores are opened, allowing calcium ions into the axon terminal. These ions initiate the release of neurotransmitter vesicles stored on elements of the cytoskeleton located near the presynaptic membrane; they then travel to the presynaptic membrane, where they first dock, and then fuse with the presynaptic membrane, forming an opening or pore through which the neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic cleft.
It causes the vesicles (which are in the axon terminal) to move to the cell membrane at the end of the axon terminal, where they merge with the cell membrane, releasing their load of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft (gap), where they quickly diffuse to receptors in the post-synapticneuron's dendrites, initiating a graded potential which moves down the dendrites, along the soma,to the axon hillock where it can cause an action potential in that secondneuron.
The surface on a neuron that discharges synaptic vesicles is the axon terminal. This is where neurotransmitters are released into the synapse to communicate with other neurons or target cells. The release of neurotransmitters is triggered by an action potential traveling down the axon.
Calcium ions are responsible for triggering the fusion of neurotransmitter vesicles with the axon's membrane during the conduction of a nerve impulse. The influx of calcium ions into the neuron's terminal triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, it triggers the opening of voltage-gated calcium channels. The influx of calcium causes the synaptic vesicles to move towards the cell membrane and fuse with it, releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
Calcium ions cause the neurotransmitter vesicles to fuse with the axon terminal. When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, voltage-gated calcium ion pores are opened, allowing calcium ions into the axon terminal. These ions initiate the release of neurotransmitter vesicles stored on elements of the cytoskeleton located near the presynaptic membrane; they then travel to the presynaptic membrane, where they first dock, and then fuse with the presynaptic membrane, forming an opening or pore through which the neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic cleft.
It causes the vesicles (which are in the axon terminal) to move to the cell membrane at the end of the axon terminal, where they merge with the cell membrane, releasing their load of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft (gap), where they quickly diffuse to receptors in the post-synapticneuron's dendrites, initiating a graded potential which moves down the dendrites, along the soma,to the axon hillock where it can cause an action potential in that secondneuron.
The surface on a neuron that discharges synaptic vesicles is the axon terminal. This is where neurotransmitters are released into the synapse to communicate with other neurons or target cells. The release of neurotransmitters is triggered by an action potential traveling down the axon.
When the action potential reaches the end of an axon, it causes special chemical messages called neurotransmitters to be released across the space between the neurons (the synapse).
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.
Neurotransmitters are stored in synaptic vesicles called the presynaptic terminal. These vesicles are located at the end of the axon terminal of a neuron and release neurotransmitters into the synapse to facilitate communication with other neurons.
The axon terminals of a neuron form the presynaptic neuronal membrane. These structures contain synaptic vesicles that store neurotransmitters for release at the synapse.
Synaptic vesicles are found in the axon terminals of nerve cells.
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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.