At chemical synapses, a signal is propagated when a chemical transmitter, such as glutamate, is released at the presynaptic terminal via exocytosis, diffuses across the synaptic cleft, and binds to receptors at the postsynaptic membrane to open an ion channel.

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  Quantum Approaches to Consciousness

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• Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• ion channels concept
• exocytosis concept
• receptor concept
• glutamate concept