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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Synaptic Transmission
Cell Physiological Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Synaptic Transmission
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Synaptic Transmission
Physiological Phenomena > Electrophysiological Phenomena > Synaptic Transmission

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Synaptic Transmission  

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Entry terms

  • Neural Transmission
  • Neurotransmission
  • Transmission, Neural
  • Transmission, Synaptic

Note

  • differentiate entry term NEURAL TRANSMISSION from NEURAL CONDUCTION; consider also NEURAL INHIBITION; neuromuscular transmission = NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION / physiol + SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 94; was NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93, was NEUROHUMORAL TRANSMISSION 1968; NERVE TRANSMISSION was see NEURAL TRANSMISSION 1969-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009435

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