Neural Transmission Across a Mammalian Synapse Is Accomplished by ________

question 41

Multiple Choice

Neural transmission across a mammalian synapse is accomplished by ________.

• A) the movement of sodium and potassium ions from the presynaptic neuron into the postsynaptic neuron
• B) impulses traveling as electrical currents across the synapse
• C) impulses causing the release of a chemical signal and its diffusion across the synapse
• D) impulses ricocheting back and forth across the synapse
• E) the movement of calcium ions from the presynaptic into the postsynaptic neuron

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