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11 years ago
What is Action Potential and Chemical Synaptic Transmission?

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Sodium rushes in and potassium rushes out...but what exactly happens?
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11 years ago
Hi, as the action potential reaches the end of the axon, a chemical is released that travels across the synaptic cleft to the next neuron to alter its electric potential -- this is called the chemical synaptic transmission.
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11 years ago
Thanks! Do you know what "ionic events" are associated with the action potential? I'm having a lot of trouble with this.
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