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But in almost all healthy individuals, this system works to perfec-
tion without requiring any intervention as to which molecules are to be
released, when and in what quantities. The nerve cells’ communication
system once again confirms a manifest truth. These delicate balances
and complex mechanisms in question cannot have come into being
through consecutive chance events. It is God, the Almighty and
Omniscient, Who creates them, gives them to our service and takes them
back when He so chooses.

Synapse

Nucleus
(A) Serotonin is stored in small vesicles within the nerve termi-
nal of neurons. (B) Electrical impulse triggers the membrane in
the nerve endings, causing the neurotransmitters –serotonin– in
these vesicles to be released. (C) The serotonin molecules that
Electrical impulse
are released to the gap between the cells –synapse– attach to
the receptors in the surface of the second cell. (D) Once the
Serotonin is pro-
serotonin fulfills its duty, receptors release the molecules that
duced in the raphe
were split or restored for later use.
nuclei of the special RECEPTOR
neurons located in A B
the brain stem. They
are then transferred
to the nerve endings C
in the brain and the SYNAPSE
spinal cord.
Nerve impulse Reuptake transporter D