[Chemical synapse]

Gap junctions
Synaptic cleft
or electrical synapse

Channel (bridged junction)

2 nm Post synaptic membrane & receptors

Pre synaptic membrane

• No control over the impulse

that is being transmitted
• Faster conduction as
compared to chemical synapse
• insignificant synaptic delay
1. Axo-axonic synapse
2. Axo-somatic synapse
3. Axo-dendritic ….
4. Dendro-dendritic….
5. Dendro-somatic…
6. Neuro-muscular junction
7. Neuro-glandular junction
Synapse

exocytosis
Acetyl choline: acetylcholine esterase
Excitatory neurotransmitter and inhibitory neurotransmitter
Temporal summation: successive stimuli on one nerve cell
Spatial summation: The addition of simultaneous stimuli from several conducting
fibres
Excitatory post synaptic potential (EPSP) Inhibitory post synaptic potential (IPSP)

Threshold

A B
Synaptic Transmission at neuro-muscular junctions