Juan,a graduate student in an electrophysiology lab,stimulates an isolated neuron grown in a petri dish and measures its action potential.How will the neuron respond to the firing of the action potential?
A)Its dendrites will retract.
B)Its dendrites will extend.
C)It will take up chemical messengers.
D)It will release chemical messengers.

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When a neuron fires an action potential, it typically leads to the release of chemical messengers, or neurotransmitters, from the axon terminals into the synaptic cleft.

Juan,a Graduate Student in an Electrophysiology Lab,stimulates an Isolated Neuron