Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781260399820
Author: SALADIN, Kenneth
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 13.2, Problem 2AWYK
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The reason, why proteins needed in the axon terminal are not made locally in the axon terminal in place of neuroma.
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There are two categories of proteins needed in axon terminals. First are small- molecules neurotransmitters that are synthesized locally in the axon terminal and second are neuropeptides that are differ from small- molecules neurotransmitters in size and the way that they synthesized.
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