Synaptic transmission

Learning objectives

To understand how an action potential can be transmitted from a pre-synaptic to a postsynaptic neuron.
To analyze the ionic and molecular phenomena involved in synaptic transmission.
To illustrate the chronology of events that ensures synaptic transmission.
To understand how degradation enzymes are at the origin of the cessation of synaptic transmission.
To clarify the role of pre-synaptic transporters in the recapture of certain products of enzymatic degradation.

This animation presents the major ionic and molecular events at the origin of the synaptic transmission of an action potential from the pre-synaptic to the postsynaptic neuron.