subject: Managing Comfort Zones [print this page] The neurons of the brain receive signals from each other through a whole lot of 'dendrites' but they transmit information from just one axon. In terms of comfort and discomfort, the synapse is where all the action is. How you react to a situation depends on which neurotransmitter the axon decides to use to carry the signal across the synapses, from cell to cell to carry the brain's response.
