What is the difference between exitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters?

Q: What is needed for action potentials to occur?

A: In physiology, an action potential is a sudden, transitory change in the resting potential of a…

Q: What neurotransmitters are involved in the parasympathetic nervous system?

A: Autonomic nervous system (ANS) is responsible for regulating the internal organs and glands,…

Q: How do neurotransmitters excite a postsynaptic neuron? How do they inhibit a postsynaptic neuron?

A: Post synaptic neuron :is present in a neuron (nerve cells) that receives the neurotransmitters after…

Q: Why don't postsynaptic membranes continue to depolarize after a neurotransmitter binds to their…

A: Pre stnaptic cell secretes the neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft. This neuro transmitter binds…

Q: How do the two types of postsynaptic potentials differ?

A: Potential refers to the electric charge carried by the membrane. Transmission of nerve impulses…

Q: What is Activation of the Postsynaptic Cell?

A: The postsynaptic cell is referred to as the cell that receives the electrical impulses or chemical…

Q: How do neurotransmitters function and how are they deactivated?

A: Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that are released from the axon terminals of a…

Q: How do neurotransmitters get transported within a single neuron?

A: Chemical signaling allows cells to interact with one another. Various substances, like hormones and…

Q: Why is a single autonomic neurotransmitter able to have opposite effects on different target cells?

A: Neurotransmitters are the chemical molecules produced by the cells of the nervous system that serve…

Q: What are the two classes of neurotransmitter receptors?

A: When the end of the nerve fibre released some chemical substance, then it is called…

Q: What is the benefit of having synaptic enzymes breakdown neurotransmitter molecules?

A: Answer- The synaptic enzyme is present in the synapse of the neuron. It is used to break down the…

Q: When serotonin blocks potassium channels on the presynaptic terminal, what is the effect on…

A: Neurotransmitters are chemicals responsible for carrying a signal or an impulse via a synapse. They…

Q: What is the function of the sodium-potassium pump during the nerve impulse transmission? Which is…

A: Many cell (plasma) membranes contain the sodium–potassium pump. The pump is powered by ATP and…

Q: What are possible fates of neurotransmitters?

A: Neurotransmitters can be defined as the chemical messengers that will play the role in transmitting…

Q: What is the role of neurotransmitters in the nervous system?

A: Nervous system The system involves the brain, the spinal cord, and the complex network of nerves.…

Q: What is the postsynaptic density?

A: The nervous system is involved in the coordination and controlling of various activities in the…

Q: What is synapse?

A: Synapse is the point of junction of two nerve cells. It helps in the transmission of a nerve…

Q: What is action potential?

A: Action potential is the short term change in the electric potential on the cell’s surface in…

Q: Classify the following neurotransmitters as excitatory or inhibitory: Acetylcholine Serotonin…

A: Neurotransmitters are secondary chemicals used by the neurons use to communicate with one another…

Q: What types of ion channels are most important for conduction of a nerve impulse?

A: The neurons form the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. The central nervous…

Q: Since at any moment a neuron is likely to have thousands of neurons releasing neurotransmitters at…

A: Neurons are communication messengers. They utilize electrical impulses and chemical signals to…

Q: why are fast acting neurotransmitters typically are small molecules?

A: Neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted by neurons to affect another cell across a…

Q: what is the function of cholinesterase in the synapse?

A: The transmission of impulses within the nerve cell is a result of coordinating changes in cell…