Across
- 3. The process of triggering an action potential in neurons.
- 4. What an antagonist aims to produce by blocking receptors.
- 6. neurotransmitters that increase likelihood that the neuron will fire action potential
- 9. The ultimate goal of evolutionary adaptations.
- 10. The tiny gap between neurons where neurotransmitters are released
- 11. A study design where neither participants nor researchers know who receives treatment.
- 12. Units of heredity that carry information from parents to offspring (plural)
- 13. A process where neurotransmitters get reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron
Down
- 1. Drug that mimics dopamine in Parkinson's treatment
- 2. A chemical messenger that activates a neuron's receptor sites
- 5. Another word for the electrical signal transmitted between neurons.
- 7. Molecules on the cell surface that receive signals (plural)
- 8. The process of neurotransmitters attaching to receptor sites.