Explain using your own words how the action potential is generated and regenerated in neurons...

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Explain using your own words how the action potential is generated and regenerated in neurons Your explanation should begin with the event that leads the release of neurotransmitters at the presynaptic terminal and how these neurotransmitters lead to changes in the membrane potential in the postsynaptic neuron that result in the generation of the action potential Also how is the action potential maintained with the same amplitude through the whole axon The explanation should include the correct name of the structures involved type of channels and ions involved the type of voltage changes that occur in dendrites soma and axons

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