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Abstract
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.
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4 entry terms
- Neural Transmission
- Neurotransmission
- Transmission, Neural
- Transmission, Synaptic
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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differentiate entry term NEURAL TRANSMISSION from NEURAL CONDUCTION; consider also NEURAL INHIBITION; neuromuscular transmission = NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION / physiol + SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
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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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- Neural Conduction (1966-1967)
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- National Library of Medicine. Synaptic Transmission. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009435. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009435
- Synaptic Transmission. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122999306