What is a synapse? How do impulses travel over it?

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Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra
Nov 28, 2016

It is an electrical impulse travels along an axon.

Explanation:

  1. It is an electrical impulse travels along an axon. It triggers the nerve-ending of a neuron to release chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.
  2. These chemicals diffuse across the synapse and bind with receptor molecules on the membrane of the next neuron.
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