Once an Action Potential Reaches the Axon Terminal, That Depolarization

question 15

Essay

Once an action potential reaches the axon terminal, that depolarization stimulates the release of neurotransmitters that can be modulated by other neurons that synapse with the axon terminal. Describe how neurotransmitters are released from the axon terminal and how that response is altered by axoaxonic synapses.

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