When Transmission Occurs at a Synapse, Neurotransmitter Is Released by

question 108

Multiple Choice

When transmission occurs at a synapse, neurotransmitter is released by

• A) the presynaptic neuron's synaptic knob into the synaptic cleft.
• B) the postsynaptic neuron's dendrites into the synaptic cleft.
• C) the presynaptic neuron's dendrites into the synaptic cleft.
• D) the presynaptic neuron's soma into synaptic vesicles.
• E) the postsynaptic neuron's telodendria into the axon hillock.

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A unit of measurement used in chemistry to quantify the amount of substance, defined as the number of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12, approximately 6.022 x 10^23 particles.

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