Your every thought, memory, and movement begins here: an electric spark turned chemical message, as one neuron whispers to the next. What you’re seeing This animation captures neurotransmission, the process that allows nerve cells to communicate across microscopic gaps called synapses. When an electrical impulse reaches the end of Cell A (the presynaptic neuron), it triggers the release of neurotransmitters—tiny signaling molecules that cross the synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on Cell B (t

Biology on Instagram: "Neurons communicate. Synaptic transmission is the fundamental process by which nerve cells communicate with one another. This flow of information begins when an electrical impulse reaches the end of a presynaptic neuron, triggering the release of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles into the tiny gap known as the synaptic cleft. These neurotransmitters then diffuse across the cleft and bind to specific receptors on the postsynaptic neuron. Th