The Base Of Human Behaviour

Question

Describe how neurons transmit information.

Answer

Information is transmitted from one place to another within the nervous system in the form of a neural impulse. A single neuron can carry a neural impulse upto a distance covered by the length of its axon. When the impulse is to be conducted to a distant part of the body, a number of neurons participate in the process. In this process, one neuron relays the information to a neighbouring neuron. The axon tip of a preceding neuron make functional connections or synapse with dendrites of the other neuron.

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