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Excitatory synapses send signals that encourage the creation of an action potential by the next neuron; inhibitory synapses work against it.

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Nerve cells, or neurons, are the basic functional units of the nervous system. Multiple interconnected neurons form a neural circuit and ...

The synapse, a highly ordered and dynamic subcellular system, maintains autonomy, organization, and high-fidelity neurotransmission without a bounding membrane.