Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9780073403700
Author: Kenneth S. Saladin Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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About an electrical synapse, where can it found, and an advantage and a disadvantage of electrical synapse in comparison to a chemical synapse.
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Electrical synapse connects neuroglia, cardiac and unitary smooth muscle cells, and some neurons. In electrical synapse adjacent cells are joined by gap junctions.
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- Depression is a condition in which sufferers may feel low mood, lack of motivation and sleep. It is caused by a lack of serotonin in the synaptic cleft of neurone pathways. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter. a) Describe how serotonin acts as a neurotransmitter. Using your understanding of synaptic transmission, explain how communication between neurones in serotonin pathways of the brain would be affected in someone with depression. b) Doctors use tubocurarine drug as an anaesthetic as it temporarily paralyses muscles. It blocks receptors at neuromuscular junctions. Why does this lead to paralysis?arrow_forwardDescribe the difference between an electrical synapse and a chemicalsynapse. What advantage is provided by chemical synapses?arrow_forwardEvents at a chemical synapse usually involve opening both voltage-gated ion channels and chemically gated ion channels. Where are these ion channels located and what causes each to open?arrow_forward
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