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The Synapse

Neurons never quite touch. Where one meets the next, the electrical spike becomes a chemical message that drifts across a tiny gap. Press Release to send a neurotransmitter across the cleft — then switch on an agonist or antagonist drug and watch how it changes what the next neuron feels.

The chemical synapse

Neurotransmitter Agonist drug Antagonist drug
The synapsechoose a mode, then release
Postsynaptic response—