Questions and Answers
Which of the following is a property of chemical synapses?
They have a large gap called the synaptic cleft
What happens during neurotransmitter release in chemical synapses?
An action potential triggers the release of neurotransmitters from vesicles into the synaptic cleft
What is the role of synaptic integration in chemical synapses?
To allow the postsynaptic neuron to receive input from multiple presynaptic neurons