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Descriptor English:   Synaptic Transmission 
Descriptor Spanish:   Transmisión Sináptica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transmissão Sináptica 
Synonyms English:   Synaptic Potentials
Neural Transmission  
Tree Number:   G04.335.880.850
G06.184.850.850
G11.561.531.835
Definition English:   The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In chemical synaptic transmission, the presynaptic neuron releases a NEUROTRANSMITTER that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to specific synaptic receptors, activating them. The activated receptors modulate specific ion channels and/or second-messenger systems in the postsynaptic cell. In electrical synaptic transmission, electrical signals are communicated as an ionic current flow across ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES
Indexing Annotation English:   between nerves; differentiate entry term NEURAL TRANSMISSION from NEURAL CONDUCTION (along a single nerve); consider also NEURAL INHIBITION; neuromusc transm = NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION /physiol + SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
See Related English:   Gap Junctions
Synapses
 
History Note English:   94; was NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93, was NEUROHUMORAL TRANSMISSION 1968; NERVE TRANSMISSION was see NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
drug effects ethics
genetics immunology
physiology radiation effects
Record Number:   31881 
Unique Identifier:   D009435 

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