Question

A neural __________ or, chemical messenger, travels across the synapse and binds to a neural __________. transmitter...receptor transmitter...transmitter receptor...transmitter receptor...receptor

Answer 1

transmitter...receptor

a neural transmitter or, chemical messenger, travels across the synapse and binds to a neural receptor

Answer 2

The correct answer is ‘transmitter…receptor’. A neural transmitter is a type of chemical messenger that communicates information in the brain. They travel across synapses, or gaps in the neural pathways, and pass the message on to neural receptors on the other side of the synapse.