Multiple Choice
Following years of debate about chemical vs. electrical transmission at synapses in the brain, which form of transmission was found to exist?
A) All neurons in the brain were found to use electrical transmission.
B) All neurons in the brain were found to use chemical transmission.
C) Some neurons in the brain were found to use electrical transmission, others chemical transmission, and some both forms of transmission.
D) All neurons in the brain were found to initially use chemical transmission, and then convert to electrical transmission.
E) All neurons in the brain were found to initially use electrical transmission, and then convert to chemical transmission.
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