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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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action potential postsynaptic potential resting potential localized potential synaptic cleft chemical transmission all-or-none law neuromuscular junction relative refractory period conduction 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