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What is synapse? explain brief how the message are carried across a synapse? ​

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Step-by-step explanation:

Neurons communicate with one another at junctions called synapses.

At a synapse, one neuron sends a message to a target neuron—another cell.

Most synapses are chemical; these synapses communicate using chemical messengers. Other synapses are electrical; in these synapses, ions flow directly between cells.

the point of communication between two neurons or between a neuron and a target cell, like a muscle or a gland is called synapses. At the synapse, the firing of an action potential in one neuron—the presynaptic, or sending, neuron—causes the transmission of a signal to another neuron—the postsynaptic, or receiving, neuron—making the postsynaptic neuron either more or less likely to fire its own action potential.

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