Neurons communicate across the synapse by means of neurotransmitters, which bind to special proteins on the postsynaptic membrane, like a key fitting into a lock. In this analogy, the neurotransmitter is the key and the ____ is the lock.?

a. ?neural receptor
b. ?axon
c. ?postsynaptic potential
d. ?dendrite


ANSWER:
a

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