🧠 Synapse

Released vesicles0
Bound receptors0
PSP (mV)0.0
Total APs fired0
How it works:
An action potential triggers Ca²⁺-dependent vesicle fusion. Neurotransmitter diffuses across the ~20 nm cleft, binds postsynaptic receptors and generates an EPSP (glutamate) or IPSP (GABA). Reuptake transporters recycle free NT.

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