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The Most Amazing Machine: Influence of Neurotransmitters, The
After the electrical signal, also called the action potential, reaches the end of the axon it stimulates the release of chemicals called
Subject: axon
Transcript: [narrator:] after the electrical signal, the action potential has traveled down the length of the axon, chemical messengers are released into the
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The Most Amazing Machine: Neural Communication
an axon at rates up to 250 miles per hour. Each neuron is networked with about 10,000 other neurons. Neural connections increase as the result of
Subject: axon
Transcript: electricity, so-called action potentials, Which then zap down at rates of up to 250 miles an hour. They zap down a long thin process called an "axon. " You can