Synapses
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Synapse
where a signal passes form one neuron to the next
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Voltage-gated Calcium channel
allows calcium into cell when membrane depolarizes
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vesicles
can combine w/ cell membrane to dump things outside the cell (in synapses they contain neurotransmitters)
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Neurotransmitter
chemical messages sent from one neuron to the next
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Ligand
general term for a molecule that binds to another molecule
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ligand-gated ion channels
open when a specific ligan binds
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synaptic cleft
space between two neurons where neurotransmitters pass
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