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BS 210 Introduction to Neurotransmitters

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The War of the Supes and the Sparks

While mammalian cells rely on chemical synapses, invertebrates can also have electrical synapses. These occur at what's called a gap junction. They're very rapid, but the postsynaptic response leads to a much smaller signal. Some neurotransmitters can do both depending on which type of receptor is present.

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