Explain the Contrast between postsynaptic mechanisms of excitatory and inhibitory synapses?

Q: Distinguish between presynaptic & postsynaptic neurons and between axodendritic, axosomatic…

A: Synapse also called neuronal junction, the site of transmission of electric nerve impulses between…

Q: Define the term inhibitory synapses?

A: Synapse - This is the connection between two neurons, and present at the end of each nerve cell for…

Q: Discuss the Functional Anatomy of Synapses?

A: The neuron is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. The neuron is also known as…

Q: Where are synapses located?

A: The nervous system is highly complex among different organ systems in animals. By transmitting…

Q: List the two types of synapses?

A: There are two varieties of synapses1-Electrical synapses2-Chemical synapses

Q: Compare excitatory and inhibitory synapses?

A: Synapses are involved in the transmission of signals from one neural cell to another. These are…

Q: Define the term potentiation?

A: Potentiation in the field of neurological science was discovered by Terje Lømo in 1966 in the rabbit…

Q: What are synapses?

A: Synapse refers to the bridge between the two neurons of the nervous system. It is the site of…

Q: Compare between electrical & chemical synapses

A: Synapse is a structure that permits a neuron to pass chemical or electrical signals to the target…

Q: Describe the components of the various types of synapses.

A: In the peripheral nervous system, a neuron is surrounded by a cable-like bundle of nerve fibers…

Q: Contrast the two types of summation at a synapse and explain how they function in synaptic decision…

A: Sensory neurons also make synaptic connections in the spinal cord with another type of neuron called…

Q: Differentiate between synapse and synapsis.

A: The chromosome is a molecule of DNA and consists of all the genetic material. The chromosome is…

Q: Which are two kinds of chemical synapses?

A: There are two divisions of the nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and the…

Q: Name the neurotransmitter released at each synapse orneuroeffector junction in the somatic and…

A: The nervous system is one of the vital systems of a body. It is a system of nerves which carry…

Q: What are Chemical Synapses?

A: Chemical Synapses are biological junctions through which neurons signals can be sent to each other…

Q: What is an electrical synapse? Describe its operation

A: Synapse is the junction where the axon of one neuron cell contact with another. Two types of…

Q: Define synapses.

A: Introduction:To communicate and respond to the stimulus, neurons need to communicate with each…

Q: Describe the process of synaptic integration

A: The nervous system can be stated as the organized group of nerve cells or neurons specialized for…

Q: Define the term Inhibitory Chemical Synapses?

A: Neurotransmitters can characterize as a junction that helps in the formation and coordination of…

Q: List the factors that determine Synaptic Strength?

A: In neurophysiology, the term synaptic strength is described as the strength of the voltage produced…

Q: Differentiate between Excitatory Chemical Synapses and Inhibitory Chemical Synapses?

A: The nerve tissue is made up of many nerve cells called as neurons. These neurons are the structural…

Q: What are the criteria for identification of the neurotransmitter at a particular synapse?  Which two…

A: Neurotransmitter The chemical that achieves chemically mediated transmission are called…

Q: define synapsis

A: A neuron has main cell body, which is also called cyton, perikaryon or soma. The cytoplasmic…

Q: Explain why synapses are preferable to direct physical connections between neurons.

A: Neurons are the structural and functional unit of central nervous system. It has a cell body, axon…

Q: Describe the release of a neurotransmitter in a chemicalsynapse, then its removal from the synapse

A: Synapse is a junction between neurons or small gap at neuron end. It helps in signal transmission…

Q: Name the neurotransmitter released at each synapse or neuroeffector junction in the somatic and…

A: PNS and ANS sites where ACh is a neurotransmitter. In the PNS, ACh is the neurotransmitter at the…

Q: How does synaptic transmission between neurons occur?

A: In a chemical synapse, the pre and post synaptic membranes are separated by a synaptic cleft, a…

Q: What are Postsynaptic Mechanisms?

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: Explain Removal of Neurotransmitter from the Synapse?

A: Synaptic transmission requires the clearance of the synapse. If the released neurotransmitters are…

Q: Define the term inhibitory synapse?

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: List the two kinds of chemical synapses?

A: The neuron or the nerve cell is known to be the fundamental unit of the ‘nervous system’. They are…

Q: Describe Chemical Synapses?

A: Chemical Synapses : These are biological junctions through which neurons signals can be sent to each…

Q: Differentiate the two types of synapses and explain.

A: A synapse is the gap present between two neurons and is used to pass signals from one to another…

Q: Describe the structure of a synapse, and explain the process of nerve impulse transmission at a…

A: Introduction: The region where communication between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector…

Q: Explain why conduction at synapses is always one-way.

A: Introduction: The structure of nerve cell is:

Q: Discuss the Structure and function of a synapse ?

A: In the human body, the brain is a complex organ present. The brain is the control center of the…

Q: Explain the effects of neurotransmitter binding toreceptors in a chemical synapse

A: Neurotransmitters are the body's chemical messengers. The first neurotransmitter was acetylcholine.…

Q: Explain how the nerve impulse is transmitted across a synapse.

A: A neuron comprises dendrites, cell body, axon, myelin sheath, and axon terminals. The place where…

Q: How does an impluse travel across a synapse?

A: The synapse is the communication between the two neurons. The synapse occurs by a presynaptic cell…

Q: Describe how neurons use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other and with the body.

A: Introduction  In multicellular organisms there is a specialised control and coordination between all…

Q: Differentiate between excitatory postsynaptic potential EPSP and inhibitory postsynaptic potential…

A: The postsynaptic mechanism is referred to as the transportation and conduction of impulses in the…

Q: Describe two events that occur at a synapse

A: A synapse, also called neuronal junction, is a structure that permits a neuron or nerve cell to pass…

Q: Define the term inhibitory postsynaptic potential IPSP?

A: Post-synaptic potential: It is the change in the potential of the postsynaptic membrane as a result…

Q: Explain the process of Transmission of a nerve impulse across a chemical synapse.

A: Chemical synapse is the term given to the biological junction from the transmission of the signal…

Q: What is an action potential and how it is generated and propagated along an neuron? What happens…

A: Action potential is electrical event that signals the neuron. Neurons  transmit these signals to…

Q: Describe the structure of a synapse and explain its function

A: Synapses are the electrical or chemical siganlling substances that has a ability to communicate the…