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This book is all about chemical synapses, which are specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. Chemical synapses allow neurons to form circuits within the central nervous system. Read about signaling in chemical synapses, effects of drugs, integration of synaptic inputs, synaptic strength, and relationship to electrical synapses.

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