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The discovery of what properties of neurotransmission caused neuroscientists to rethink Dale’s Principle?

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3.co-release and cotransmission of more than one neurotransmitter

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The discovery of what properties of neurotransmission caused neuroscientists to rethink Dale's Principle?

  1. inhibition of neural activity
  2. neural communication at more than one place at a neuron
  3. co-release and cotransmission of more than one neurotransmitter
  4. finding similar neuronal activity in more than one location in the brain

  • Dale's principle was given by a scientist named Henry Dale in 1940's and the principle state that each neuron is capable of releasing only a single type of neurotransmitter.
  • This principle meant that a particular neuron is capable of performing only a single function at all the synapses.
  • However, Dale's principle were soon proven to be false when it was discovered that there are many neurons capable of releasing more than one neurotransmitter at a time and this is termed as cotransmission and co-release of the neurotransmitters.
  • An example of co-transmission is the release of GABA along with substance P as cotransmitter.
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