PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential, Cgmp-Dependent Protein Kinase, Protein Kinase A
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Neurotransmission is the transmission of information between neurons. Neurotransmission typically involves a neuron releasing chemicals called. Neurotransmitters into a synapse, which allows these neurotransmitters to act on sites on another neuron. The study of neurotransmission includes looking at events inside the neuron that cause the production and release of neurotransmitters and the actions neurotransmitters have on sites situated on other neuron. Electrical events within a neuron and the release of neurotransmitters. Certain electrical events within a neuron must take place before neurotransmitters can be released. These events are referred to as electrical transmission , which is a series of events that begins at an axon hillock and proceed down the length of an axon. For a neuron, an electrical potential is a difference between the electrical charge within a neuron and the electrical charge of the environment immediately outside the neuron. Normally, the electrical charge within a neuron is negative compared to the outside environment.
