What are the ways in which electrical and chemical synapsesdiffer? What implications do these differences have on how they areused in the nervous system?
What is an EPP? What is a MEPP? What is a subthreshold EPP? Howdo they differ?
What does it mean to say that neurotransmitter release isquantal? How do studies of EPPs reveal this fact? What does onequantum of neurotransmitter represent?
What experiments show that calcium influx is the trigger forneurotransmitter release? What criteria define a neurotransmitter?What experiments address each of these criteria?
What determines whether a postsynaptic cell is depolarized orhyperpolarized by a neurotransmitter?
What are the two different categories of neurotransmitterreceptors? How do they differ?
What is an EPC? How is it related to an EPP?
What does the reversal potential of an EPC represent? Why is itimportant to know?
What is the difference between an EPSP and an IPSP? Whatdetermines what kind of PSP it is?
