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Crossing the Divide
From the Genetic Science Learning Center
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/reward/neurontalk.html
1. What is the space between neurons called?
2. The sending cell converts the electrical signal to a chemical signal at the axon terminal. These chemical
signals are called __________________________________ and are contained in bags called
_____________________________.
3. What’s the neurotransmitter used along the reward pathway?
4. What structure receives the signal on the receiving cell?
5. What is the process that releases dopamine from the sending cell?
6. What characteristic allows the neurotransmitter to fit with the receptor protein?
7. The chemical signal turns into an ______________________________ signal on the receiving neuron.
8. What happens to neurotransmitters after they take the signal across the synapse?
9. What stops the process of signal conduction?
Crossing the Divide
From the Genetic Science Learning Center
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/reward/neurontalk.html
10. What is the space between neurons called?
11. The sending cell converts the electrical signal to a chemical signal at the axon terminal. These chemical
signals are called __________________________________ and are contained in bags called
_____________________________.
12. What’s the neurotransmitter used along the reward pathway?
13. What structure receives the signal on the receiving cell?
14. What is the process that releases dopamine from the sending cell?
15. What characteristic allows the neurotransmitter to fit with the receptor protein?
16. The chemical signal turns into an ______________________________ signal on the receiving neuron.
17. What happens to neurotransmitters after they take the signal across the synapse?
18. What stops the process of signal conduction?