What’s the difference between electrical impulses and neurotransmitters?

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What’s the difference between electrical impulses and neurotransmitters?

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Nerves are made up of long wire looking cells called neurons that send an electric signal down the length of their body. When the signal reaches the end of the neuron, the electrical signal triggers the release of little chemicals called neurotransmitter that latch on to the head of the next neuron in line and make that neuron send an electrical signal down its body until the signal reaches where it needs to go

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