Once the Action Potential Reaches the Axon Terminal, What Happens

question 179

Multiple Choice

Once the action potential reaches the axon terminal, what happens next?

• A) exocytosis of a neurocrine
• B) release of the neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft
• C) release of a neurohormone into the blood
• D) Any of the above could happen next.

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