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The name 'Syn...
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The name 'Synapse' is proposed by

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Charles Sherrington
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Marshall Hall
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Pavlov
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None of the above
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The correct option is A Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington coined the terms neuron and synapse to denote the nerve cell and the point at which the nervous impulse is transmitted from one nerve cell to another, respectively.

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