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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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Neural Transmission
Neurotransmission
Transmission, Neural
Transmission, Synaptic
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Tree Number:
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G02.111.820.850
G04.835.850
G07.265.880
G11.561.830
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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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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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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DeCS
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