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Why is there a brief delay in transmission of an impulse across a synapse?

smileyprincess111

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Why is there a brief delay in transmission of an impulse across a synapse?

...it's that simple? Just the fact that it has to cross the synapse?

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iki08

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12 years ago

It is the time it takes for neurotransmitter released from the presynaptic neuron to travel across the synaptic gap and initiate depolarizationof the postsynaptic neuron...

Nurs-4

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12 years ago

Yep, it takes time for the neurotransmitter to diffuse across the synapse and reach the post membrane.

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