Ambler Restaurant Week Ambler Restaurant Week is back and better than ever, January 29-February 5th! Ambler area restaurants will be offering wonderful specials and prix-fix menus. Please select the individual restaurant below to see their Restaurant Week menu and other pertinent information.
Neurons Communicate via the Synapse. Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a small gap called a synapse (SIN-aps). At the synapse, electrical signals are translated into chemical signals in order to cross the gap. Once on the other side, the signal becomes electrical again.
Unlike wires in your home, nerve cells do not touch, but come close together at synapses. At the synapse, the two nerve cells are separated by a tiny gap, or synaptic cleft. The sending neuron is called the presynaptic cell, while the receiving one is called the postsynaptic cell.Nerve cells send chemical messages with neurotransmitters in a one-way direction across the synapse from presynaptic cell to postsynaptic cell. Some get taken up by specific transporters on the presynaptic cell (reuptake). 2  In the presynaptic cell, MAO and COMT destroy the absorbed serotonin molecules. 3  This enables the nerve signal to be turned off and readies the synapse to receive another action potential.