Module 4 part 2
Doreen Pang Mrs. Trainor AP Psychology 7 October 2016 Module 4-2: Neural Communication and Neurotransmitters How Neurons Communicate Neurons are interweaved very intricately hard to see where one ends and another begins Santiago Ram?n y Cajal Concluded that individual neurons functions as independent agents within the nervous system. Charles Sherrington noticed neural impulses were taking too long to travel a neural pathway must be brief interruption in the transition Synapse the junction of Sherrington aka synaptic gap cleft Neurotransmitters when action potential reached the terminals at axon?s end triggers release of chemical messengers How Neurotransmitters Influence Us Are certain nerotrans. found only in specific places?