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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Synaptic Transmission
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Transmisión Sináptica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Transmissão Sináptica
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Synonyms English:
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Synaptic Potentials
Neural Transmission
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Tree Number:
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G04.335.880.850
G06.184.850.850
G11.561.531.835
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Definition English:
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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:
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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
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See Related English:
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Gap Junctions
Synapses
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History Note English:
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94; was NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93, was NEUROHUMORAL TRANSMISSION 1968; NERVE TRANSMISSION was see NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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31881
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Unique Identifier:
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D009435
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