Engage your classroom with hands-on modeling of neuronal communication! Students can use the colorful foam pieces in the Synapse Construction Kit to:

• Discover how the resting potential of a neuron is established.
• Demonstrate the propagation of an action potential down an axon.
• Simulate the action of the sodium-potassium pump in resetting the resting potential.
• Explore the effects of neurotransmitters acetylcholine, dopamine and GABA on on a post synaptic neuron.
• Model cholinergic, dopaminergic and GABAergic synapses.
• Compare and constrast metabotropic and ionontropic receptors.
• Analyze the impact of various substances such as nicotine, cocaine, sarin gas and propofol on neuronal signaling.
• And much more!