The neural impulse traveling down the axon is _______; it gets across the synapse by _______.
A)electrical; remaining electrical but changing from positively charged to negatively charged.
B)electrical; remaining electrical but changing from negatively charged to positively charged.
C)electrical; being changed into a chemical message.
D)chemical; being changed into an electrical message.

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The neural impulse traveling down the axon is electrical, but it gets across the synapse by being changed into a chemical message. Neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron in a chemical process called synaptic transmission.

The Neural Impulse Traveling Down the Axon Is _______; It