Slide 1 Chapter 3 Synapses Slide 2 The Concept of the Synapse Neurons communicate by transmitting chemicals at junctions called “synapses” In 1906, Charles Scott Sherrington…
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Transmission Across a Synapse Transmission Across a Synapse An electron micrograph Step 1 After an action potential arrives at an axon bulb, Ca2+ enters the bulb. Ca2+ allow…