BIOPSYCHOLOGY - Synaptic Transmission

Question 1

What is synaptic transmission?

Answer 1

The process by which an impulse is passed between a pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neuron across the synapse using chemical messengers.

Question 2

Explain how an electrical impulse is induced within a neuron.

Answer 2

When a neuron is activated by a stimulus, the inside of the cell becomes positively charged for a split second causing an action potential to occur which creates an electrical impulse that travels down the axon towards the end of the neuron.