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5 Cards in this Set
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1. Destonation of Action Potential |
-synapse |
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2. Action Potential Arrives |
-triggers release of neurotransmitters from terminal buttons into dendrite |
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3. NT reaches postsynaptic neuron |
- neurotransmitter finds receptor site -may bind at receptor site & cause voltage to change -fit like lock and key, specific transmitter for specific receptor site -either depolarizes post-synaptic neuron or further polarizes |
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4a. Reuptake |
-neurotransmitter reabsorbed by presynaptic neuron -Presynaptic neuron recycles neurotransmitter |
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4b. Degradation |
-enzymes in postsynaptic neuron react w neurotransmitter -neurotransmitter broken up -Makes neurotransmitter act |