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Explain how neurotransmitters work.

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In most of the cases a neurotransmitters is discharged based on what's known as the axon terminal after an activity potential has arrived at the neurotransmitter, a spot where neurons can transmit sign to one another. These cells contain receptors where the synapses can tie and trigger changes in the cells.

Neurotransmitters are put away in synaptic vesicles, bunched near the cell film at the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron. Synapses are discharged into and diffuse over the synaptic split, where they tie to explicit receptors on the film of the postsynaptic neuron.

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