Section: AP Psychology

14) Synapses are located between

1. the forebrain and the midbrain.
2. the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus.
3. the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.
4. the axons of one neuron and the dendrites of another.

Neural messages pass through the synapses, which exist between the axons of one neuron and the dendrites of another.  This answer is the only one that includes components of the process of neurotransmission.