1 Roadmap for Quality Measurement in the Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service Program [PDF, 3MB]. 2  Roadmap for Implementing Value Driven Healthcare in the Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service Program [PDF, 3MB]. 3  Medicare Resource Use Measurement Plan [PDF, 3MB].
When a nerve signal, or impulse, reaches the ends of its axon, it has traveled as an action potential, or a pulse of electricity. However, there is no cellular continuity between one neuron and the next; there is a gap called synapse.
Figure 2:1 The neuron,or nerve cell, is the functional unit of the nervous system. The neurons has proceses called dendrites that receive signals and an axon that transmits signals to another neuron.The cell body, also called the soma, is the metabolic center of the neuron.. Communication between neurons is the foundation for brain function. Understanding how neurotransmission occurs is crucial to understanding how the brain processes and integrates information. Interruption of neural communication causes changes in cognitive processes and behavior.