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Neurotransmitters don't relay messages. They are chemicals released from one neuron that diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind to postsynaptic receptors on another cell. 'Messages' is a simile that people use to anthropomorphise how neurons work but actually - any message as such, which you might call a thought, is an enormously complex abstraction of millions of these events happening in a close temporal sequence.

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How is the message carried from one neuron to another if there is a space between them?

This gap is called a synaptic gap and a chemical called a neurotransmitter is used as a bridge over the gap.This message is carried via neurotransmitters. There are several types. Some speed up the transmission or slow it down or even stop it. They are like chemical bridges.


What message moves from one end of a neuron to another in the form of what?

resting potential


A molecule that is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?

Neurotransmitter.


The space between one neuron and the next is a?

This area is referred to as the synaptic cleft. This area is bound by the end of one neuron (the terminal bouton) and the post-synaptic membrane of the next neuron. When an action potential reaches the terminal bouton, Ca2+ influx triggers the release of neurotransmitters across the cleft, which bind to receptors on the post-synaptic membrane, allowing for an post-synaptic excitatory potential (PSEP) to be formed in the next neuron.


What molecule is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?

The molecule released from synaptic vesicles is called neurotransmitter. It acts as the chemical messenger that transmits signals between neurons or from neurons to other cells such as muscle cells or gland cells. Examples of neurotransmitters include dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine.

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How does a message travel from one neuron to the next?

It travels from the brain to the Spinal Cord.


What effect do neurotransmitter from one neuron have on the next neuron?

The neurotransmitters from one neuron have direct effect on the next neuron. They are channels that are used to transmit messages in the nerves.


What type of neuron carries a message from one neuron to another?

It is called an Interneuron


What effects do neurotransmitters from the neuron have on the next neuron?

The neurotransmitters from one neuron have direct effect on the next neuron. They are channels that are used to transmit messages in the nerves.


Which part of the neuron transmits information to other cells?

The end of one neuron, the presynaptic button, sends messages to other cells by releasing neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) into the synaptic cleft (a small space between two neurons). The other cell, whether it be a neuron, a muscle, a sweat gland, etc., will receive this message at the post synaptic membrane of its cell, and will respond accordingly.


What is the space between two neurons called?

The space between the ending of one neuron and the communication with the next neuron is called the synapse, or sometimes it is called the synaptic gap or synaptic cleft. But synapse is the common term.


How is the message caried from one neuron to another it there is a space between them?

The synaptic gap is the space between the dendrites of one neuron and the axon of the next. The impulse is carried across this space by chemicals called neurotransmitters which conduct the electrical impulse.


Does myelin sheath transmits impulses from one nuron to another?

Myelin sheath never transmits the impulse from one neuron to another. On the contrary these are insulating cells which prevent transmission of nerve impulses.


How is the message carried from one neuron to another if there is a space between them?

This gap is called a synaptic gap and a chemical called a neurotransmitter is used as a bridge over the gap.This message is carried via neurotransmitters. There are several types. Some speed up the transmission or slow it down or even stop it. They are like chemical bridges.


How does the signal travel from one neuron to the next in the human brain?

The signal travels from one neuron to the next in the human brain through a process called synaptic transmission. When an electrical impulse reaches the end of a neuron, it triggers the release of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters then cross the synapse, a small gap between neurons, and bind to receptors on the receiving neuron, causing it to generate a new electrical signal and continue the message transmission.


Do neurons touch?

No. There is a synaptic cleft between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron. At the synapse, a chemical messenger is needed - in order to carry the "message" from one nerve to the next, whereupon electrical transmission once again occurs (via depolarization and then repolarization).


What message moves from one end of a neuron to another in the form of what?

resting potential