Questions and Answers | Synaptic Transmission, Receptors, and Drug Mechanisms
is the gap between the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic neuron; it contains proteins
and scaffolding and molecular forms of "synaptic glue" to reinforce the connection between the
neurons. Receptors are present on both sides of this cleft and are key elements of chemical
neurotransmission. The synaptic cleft
is the command center of the nerve and contains the nucleus of the cell the soma
Neurons send information via an ____ that forms presynaptic terminals as the ____ passes by
(en passant) or as the ____ ends axon
synaptic connections between the axon and dendrites of two neurons axodendritic
synaptic connections between the axon and the soma axosomatic
synaptic connections between axons of the two neurons axoaxonic
is how chemical signals are coded, decoded, transduced, and sent along the way. The
chemical basis of neurotransmission
is neurons and the connections between them, called synapses, sometimes also called the
anatomically addressed nervous system, a complex of "hard-wired" synaptic connections
between neurons, not unlike millions of telephone wires within thousands upon thousands of
cables The anatomical basis of neurotransmission
mediates how the body metabolizes many drugs, including antipsychotics. The cytochrome
P450 (CYP) enzyme system