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What are the two types of synapse? 

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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Mariëlle Hoefnagels 2nd Edition
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00:01 Of synapses? well, the first one is chemical and it takes care of the electrical activity in the neuron triggers that release the chemical messengers or the neurotransmitters.
00:14 Most synapses are chemical, that's the majority of them.
00:17 And so they go, they bind the, to the specialized receptors of the cell.
00:24 And the second one is going to be electrical.
00:28 So that's the second type...
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