ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY SUMMARY ABOUT YOUR SYNAPSES July 16, 2017 WHAT ARE YOUR SYNAPSES? AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? SUMMARY ABOUT YOUR SYNAPSES The function of your synapses is to make possible the transmission of the biochemical currents (electro-chemical ionic signals) all around your brain and also up and down your body. Your synapses are the trillions of electro-chemical junctions or biochemical switches that allow the 100 billion neurons in your brain and nervous system to send signals to and from your senses and to and from your many bodily organs and ultimately to make possible your cosciousness. Your brain's signaling process is caused by the way your neurons and your synapses are connected at the microscopic quantum level of human existence by a complicated biochemical process and your memories are formed by synaptic plasticity in a process known as long-term potentiation. During the signaling process, sodium and potassium molecules exchange charged ions through hundreds of vesicles at synaptic clefts (gaps) in the membranes of the thousands of synapses that attach to thousands of neurons, or the attachment centers of bodily organs. instantly return to: TAKE 15 STEPS ON THE STAIRWAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™