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How do neurotransmitters communicate with postsynaptic neurons?

Answer 1

Through Synapse.

Nerve impulses are transmitted from one neuron to the next through synapses, which are microscopic gaps between the dendrites of a post-synaptic neuron and the axon ending of a pre-synaptic neuron. Mechanism of Transmission:

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Answer 2

Adeline Allen

Neurotransmitters communicate with postsynaptic neurons by binding to specific receptors on the postsynaptic membrane. This binding triggers a change in the postsynaptic neuron, either depolarizing it (excitatory neurotransmitters) or hyperpolarizing it (inhibitory neurotransmitters), which ultimately influences whether an action potential will be generated in the postsynaptic neuron.

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