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Chapter 1. Scientific American: Psychology

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1.1 Quiz

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When an action potential reaches the axon terminals, what do the vesicles located there normally do?

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Neural communication involves different processes within and between neurons. Messages travel within a neuron through _______, but communication between neurons depends on the movement of _______.

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Gretchen is watching an action movie on television that involves an archaeologist who hunts for lost artifacts. In one scene he is running through a jungle while being chased by local residents who use blow guns to fire darts at him. He does not know that they have used curare on these darts, which is a very poisonous acetylcholine _______.

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After neurotransmitters bind to receptor sites on the dendrite of a receiving neuron, they are either _____, or they diffuse out of the synaptic gap.

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Drugs and other substances can alter normal neurotransmission through ________ , which boost normal neurotransmitter activity, and ________ , which block normal neurotransmitter activity.

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