To complete synaptic transmission, the neurotransmitters attach to receptor molecules embedded in the __________________ .

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• Damage to the ___________________ surrounding axons can seriously affect synaptic transmission.
• ______________ are neurotransmitters that regulate pain perception and are involved in the positive emotions associated with aerobic exercise.
• _________________ are the tiny pouches or sacs in the axon terminals that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters.
• When the ___________________is too large to be jumped by the neural impulse, the signal/information must be passed using chemicals as neurotransmitters instead of electrical currents.
• The synaptic vesicles contain chemicals called _______________.
• When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, synaptic vesicles move toward the _____________________.
• When the action potential reaches the axon ending, it causes tiny bubbles of chemicals called ____________________ to release their contents into the synaptic gap.
• ________________ is an antidepressanr drug that enhances the action of serotonin by preventing it from being removed from the synaptic cleft.
• -------------provide the receptor surface for taste.
• ________________ is a chemical substance that inhibits the effect normally produced by a neurotransmitter at a receptor site.