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Convergence is when a many[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Presynaptic_and_postsynaptic_neurons &nbsp;presynaptic neurons] provide&nbsp;its neurotransmitter to a single&nbsp;[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Presynaptic_and_postsynaptic_neurons postsynaptic neuron]<sup>[1]</sup>. This is the opppsite of&nbsp;[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Divergence Divergence], where the neurotransmitter is provided from a single presynaptic neuron to many postsynaptic neuron.


Convergence is when a many[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Presynaptic_and_postsynaptic_neurons &nbsp;presynaptic neurons] provide&nbsp;its neurotransmitter to a single&nbsp;[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Presynaptic_and_postsynaptic_neurons postsynaptic neuron]<sup>[1]</sup>. This is the opppsite of&nbsp;[https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Divergence Divergence], where the neurotransmitter is provided from a single presynaptic neuron to many postsynaptic neuron.
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===


1.&nbsp;Alberts B, Bray D, Hopkins K, Johnson A, Lewis J, Roberts K et al. Essential cell biology. 3rd ed. New York: Garland Science; 2010.
1.&nbsp;Alberts B, Bray D, Hopkins K, Johnson A, Lewis J, Roberts K et al. Essential cell biology. 3rd ed. New York: Garland Science; 2010.

Revision as of 21:10, 5 December 2017

Convergence is when a many presynaptic neurons provide its neurotransmitter to a single postsynaptic neuron[1]. This is the opppsite of Divergence, where the neurotransmitter is provided from a single presynaptic neuron to many postsynaptic neuron.

References

1. Alberts B, Bray D, Hopkins K, Johnson A, Lewis J, Roberts K et al. Essential cell biology. 3rd ed. New York: Garland Science; 2010.