the3 primary steps in neural communication. In your own words, summarize each st

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the3 primary steps in neural communication.  In your own words, summarize each step, including 2 key concepts or structures in each step:

Agonists and Antagonistscan alter neurotransmitter activity. Agonists excite and create an action potential; antagonists inhibit an action potential from occurring.   Explain specifically how these molecules affect and alter or interfere with neurotransmitter activity, citing several key components in neural communication in each response.

  a.  Agonists:Response:

b.  Antagonists: Response:

Explanation / Answer

Neural communication can be describes as the way in which the two neurons communicate. There are two prerequisites before the start of neural communication. First, the generation of an action potential which is produced by the incoming strong signal leading to the depolarisation of the resting electric potential. This wave of depolarisation travels from the dendritic branches to the axon terminals. Second, the neurotransmitter should be synthesised in advance and stored in the synaptic vesicles, so that they are ready to be passed on to the next neuron by arrival of action potential.

The steps of neural transmission can be described as under:

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