At synapse, information carrying neuron’s axon end, electrical impulse sets off the release of some chemicals (neurotransmitter). These chemicals cross the gap or synapse and reach to dendrites of the next neuron and start electrical impulse there. Fig. Nerve cell with medullated nerve fibre
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