How Neurotransmission Works

When does communication between two neurons begin?

• When the neurotransmitter (chemical message) reaches the axon terminal

• When the synapse touches

• When the action potential (electrical impulse) travels to the axon terminal

• When the neurotransmitter reuptakes

What are the chemical messages released into the synaptic space called?

• Neurons

• Action Potentials

• Neurotransmitters

• Vesicles

What do the neurotransmitters bind to?

• Axon terminals

• Action Potentials

• Vesicles

• Receptors

Once the neurotransmitters (chemical messages) are transferred into action potentials (electrical messages) by the receptors, what happens to them?

• They are released back into the synaptic space

• They dissolve

• They duplicate

• They die

When does this entire process repeat?

 

• Each time an action potential reaches the axon terminal

• Constantly

• It never repeats

• None of the above