As you watch your favorite team play football on a brisk Sunday afternoon,you start thinking back to your recent lecture on neuropsychology.You watch as the quarterback sends a blistering pass to the wide receiver,who takes the ball and heads upfield with it.If you were to relate this scene to a neuron's activities,which football player would represent the presynaptic neuron?

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The presynaptic neuron is the neuron that sends the signal or message to the postsynaptic neuron. In this scenario, the quarterback is sending a signal (the pass) to the postsynaptic neuron (the receiver). Therefore, the quarterback represents the presynaptic neuron in this analogy.

As You Watch Your Favorite Team Play Football on a Brisk