the synaptic transmission is the process by which neighboring cells communicate with each other
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action potential
the electrical impulse which passes along the neuron and leads to the communication with the next neuron
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first step of synaptic transmission
the action potential reaches the axon terminal and the neurochemical will travel to the outer membrane of the terminal button (from the presynaptic neuron)
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2nd step of synaptic transmission
neurotransmitter will be released from the vesicle into the synaptic gap
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3rd step of synaptic transmission
receptors on the dendrites are designed to bond and absorb to a specific neurotransmitter like a lock and key
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why does the reuptake of neurotransmitters happen?
for the neurotransmitters which haven't been received by the post synaptic neuron
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what is the reuptake of neurotransmitters?
where the pre synaptic neuron re absorbs the neurotransmitters
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what happens to the neurotransmitters which don't have the re uptake happen to them?
destroyed by enzymes in the synapse
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action potential
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the electrical impulse which passes along the neuron and leads to the communication with the next neuron
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