Lesson 9 Vocab

• Acetylcholine

• Action Potential

• Axon terminal

• Chemically gated ion channels

• Depolarization

• Dopamine

• Endorphins

• Excitatory neurotransmitter

• Excitatory post synaptic potential (EPSP)

• GABA

• Gated ion channels

• Glutamate

• Graded potential

• Habituation

• Hyperpolarization

• Inhibitory neurotransmitters

• Inhibitory post synaptic potential (IPSP)

• leakage channels

• Ligand gated channels

• Membrane potential

• Nerve impulse

• Neurotransmitters

• Nicotine

• Postsynaptic cell

• Presynaptic cell

• Propagation

• Refractory period

• Repolarization

• Resting potential

• Saltatory conduction

• Serotonin

• Sodium-potassium pump

• Spatial summation

• Summation

• Synapse

• Synaptic cleft

• Synaptic integration

• Synaptic terminal

• Synaptic vesicle

• Temporal summation

• Threshold potential

• Voltage gated channels