When an individual has allergies it causes excess mucus to be produced in the nasal passages and sinus cavities. This excess of mucus cannot drain correctly and effectively out the nasal passages at times and as a result, the mucus containing foreign particles flows down the back of the throat, causing post nasal drip.
They transmit signals across a chemical synapse, such as in a neuromuscular junction, from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell. Neurotransmitters are released from synaptic vesicles in synapses into the synaptic cleft, where they are received by receptors on other synapses.
Receptors are nature's transducersâthey detect circulating hormones or substances released by nerve activity and elicit a biological response.Our research centers on specialized types of receptors called synaptic receptors, found on the surfaces of cells in close proximity to nerve terminals.f the receptor is located on a muscle cell, the impulse triggers contraction. Whereas if it is on a nerve cell, it causes release of transmitter substance on yet another cell. In this way, excitable cells communicate throughout the body by means of specialized pairs of neurotransmitter substances and receptors.