A-Level Biology Specification

AQA 7402

Section 6.2.2: Synaptic transmission

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#6.2.2.1

The detailed structure of a synapse and of a neuromuscular junction.

#6.2.2.2

The sequence of events involved in transmission across a cholinergic synapse in sufficient detail to explain:

- unidirectionality
- temporal and spatial summation
- inhibition by inhibitory synapses.

#6.2.2.3

A comparison of transmission across a cholinergic synapse and across a neuromuscular junction.

#6.2.2.4

Students should be able to use information provided to predict and explain the effects of specific drugs on a synapse.

(Recall of the names and mode of action of individual drugs will not be required.)