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What chemicals are released to trigger an action potential that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to A. Sodium and potassium lons B. Dendrites C.axon D.neurotransmitters
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What chemicals are released to trigger an action potential that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to

A. Sodium and potassium lons
B. Dendrites
C.axon
D.neurotransmitters

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At a chemical synapse, neurotransmitter is released from the presynaptic element and diffuses across the synaptic cleft. The neurotransmitter binds to a receptor protein and causes a change in the postsynaptic membrane (the PSP).

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