1. The junction between two neurons that are communicating with each other is ca

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1. The junction between two neurons that are communicating with each other is called a ______. This is the place in which a chemical ligand called a _____ stored in _____ is released by axon terminals.

2. What are four ways or names of structures that protect the central nervous system?

3. What are two factors that contribute to the fact that the inside of a nerve cell is more negatively charged than the outside?

4. why might long-term sympathetic tone dominance results in ulcers? How and what happens in the short terms leads to long terms problem.

5. Why do the sensation fade and the sensation of motion stays?

6. why is it important to remove or degrade a neurotransmitter in the synaptic space after it has bound itself to a receptor on the post-synaptic neuron?

7. what is actually happening at the synapse that causes alcohol to exert its sedative effect? And which agonist is a neurotransmitter?

9. why do people with diabetes have a greater incidence of cataracts than the general public?  

10. why do patients with Parkinson's disease experience tremors and trouble moving? Discuss the brain region and neurotransmitter associated with this disease?

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(Since you have posted several questions together, I am answering the first two)

1. The junction between two neurons that are communicating with each other is called a synapse. This is the place in which a chemical ligand called a neurotransmitter stored in secretory vesicles is released by axon terminals.

2. Four ways/ structures that protect the central nervous syatem are: skull, spinal cord, meninges, and cerebro-spinal fluid.

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