NEET 2017 Biology question

Receptor sites for neurotransmitters are present on

(1)Membranes of synaptic vesicles
(2)Pre-synaptic membrane
(3)Tips of axons
(4)Post-synaptic membraneCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

At a chemical synapse the neurotransmitter is stored in synaptic vesicles and released from the axon terminal across the pre-synaptic membrane into the synaptic cleft. It binds to specific receptors on the post-synaptic membrane, which

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