TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Signaling in the Nervous System A1 - Waxman, Stephen G. PY - 2020 T2 - Clinical Neuroanatomy, 29e AB - For the nervous system to function properly, nervous must communicate with each other. Along with muscle cells, neurons are unique in that they are excitable; that is, they respond to stimuli by generating electrical impulses. Electrical responses of neurons (modifications of the electrical potential across their membranes) may be local (restricted to the place that received the stimulus) or propagated (may travel through the neuron and its axon). Propagated electrical impulses (nerve impulses) are termed action potentials. Neurons communicate with each other at synapses by a process called synaptic transmission. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186188658 ER -