What happens at a nerve synapse?

Answer 1

Information is transferred.

When two nerves join, it's called a synapse. Information travels along nerves as electrical impulses, which are faster than chemical information. At a synapse, information is transferred across as a chemical, which is picked up by the receptors on the receiving nerve and 'converted' back into an electrical impulse to travel along the nerve to its intended target once more.

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-Charlie

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Answer 2

Vivian Aronson

Neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron into the synaptic cleft at a nerve synapse. There, they attach to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, causing the postsynaptic neuron to produce an electrical signal, or action potential.

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