How is a nerve impulse usually transmitted across a synapse from a presynaptic to a postsynaptic cell?
a) via a direct connection
b) via Na+ ions
c) via a neurotransmitter
d) via a spark
e) via plasmodesmata
Ans: c) via a neurotransmitter
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