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Figure 2: Organization of the autonomic nervous system.

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Also Known As	neuronal junction • synaptic junction

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Figure 2: Organization of the autonomic nervous system.

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localized potential chemical transmission synaptic cleft action potential postsynaptic potential resting potential synaptic delay inhibitory postsynaptic potential absolute refractory period excitatory postsynaptic potential neural stem cell ganglion central nervous system neuron human nervous system senses neuroplasticity neural oscillation

Key People

Thomas C. Südhof

German-American neuroscientist

Sir Charles Sherrington.

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

British physiologist

Eric Kandel

Austrian-American neurobiologist