<P> Neurotransmission ( Latin : transmissio `` passage , crossing '' from transmittere `` send , let through '' ) , also called synaptic transmission , is the process by which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron ( the presynaptic neuron ) , and bind to and activate the receptors on the dendrites of another neuron ( the postsynaptic neuron ) . A similar process occurs in retrograde neurotransmission , where the dendrites of the postsynaptic neuron release retrograde neurotransmitters ( e.g. , endocannabinoids ) that signal through receptors that are located on the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron , mainly at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses . </P>
<P> Neurotransmission ( Latin : transmissio `` passage , crossing '' from transmittere `` send , let through '' ) , also called synaptic transmission , is the process by which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron ( the presynaptic neuron ) , and bind to and activate the receptors on the dendrites of another neuron ( the postsynaptic neuron ) . A similar process occurs in retrograde neurotransmission , where the dendrites of the postsynaptic neuron release retrograde neurotransmitters ( e.g. , endocannabinoids ) that signal through receptors that are located on the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron , mainly at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses . </P>
identify the part of a neuron that releases neurotransmitter
identify the part of a neuron that releases neurotransmitter
the axon terminal
the axon terminal