Following years of debate about chemical vs. electrical transmission at synapses in the brain, which form of transmission was found to exist?
A) All neurons in the brain were found to use electrical transmission.
B) All neurons in the brain were found to use chemical transmission.
C) Some neurons in the brain were found to use electrical transmission, others chemical transmission, and some both forms of transmission.
D) All neurons in the brain were found to initially use chemical transmission, and then convert to electrical transmission.
E) All neurons in the brain were found to initially use electrical transmission, and then convert to chemical transmission.
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Q1: How does information transfer occur at electrical
Q2: How does information transfer occur at chemical
Q4: Dendritic spines are commonly a site for
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Q5: Which of the following does not exist
Q6: What is the "synaptic cleft"?
A) The nerve
Q7: At the NMJ, postjunctional folds radiate into
Q8: How does acetycholinesterase function at synapses that
Q9: How do transmitters act on the postsynaptic
Q10: Synaptic vesicles are concentrated in large numbers
Q11: What is an endplate potential?
A) The membrane
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