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Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

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2.1 Neural Communication

1.
The small pocket of extracellular space between presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons is called the ________.
2 .
Neurons maintain a negative ________ as a result of the concentration gradient for K+ and K+ leak channels.

2.2 Neural Circuits

3.
Neural circuits often feature loops, meaning that neurons often produce outputs that can ________ onto and influence their inputs.

2.3 Principles of Bioelectricity

4 .
The movement of charged particles is called electrical ________.

2.4 Mechanisms of Neural Signaling

5.
________ potentials are a rapid flip in the membrane potential that can spread quickly through a neuron and trigger the release of neurotransmitter.
6 .
EPSPs and IPSPs are generated by ________ -gated ion channels.
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