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What Is a Neuron

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Why many electrical synapses work in two directions but chemical synapses transmit information only in one direction?

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The chemical synapse is unidirectional (pulses are transmitted from the sending neuron to the receiving neuron) and only the electrical synapses are bidirectional.

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(i) At electrical synapses, the membranes of pre and post synaptic neurons are in very close proximity.
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(iv) Electrical synapses pass electrical signal between cells with the use of Ach.
(v) Electrical synapses are fast.
(vi) Electrical synapses are rare in our system.

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