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Synapses

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site of communication

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Electrical Synapses

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Gap junctions - can travel straight over the synapse

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Electrical Synapses allow

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synchronization

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Chemical Synapses

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information passes chemically

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5
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synaptic cleft

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space between pre-synaptic & post synaptic

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excitatory

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increases the probability of an action potential occurring in a postsynaptic cell

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inhibitory

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they decrease the likelihood that the neuron will fire an action potential

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common neuro transmitters

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acetycholine
gamme-aminobutyric acid
dopamine
serotonin

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