Synapse

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• chemical synapse
• electrical synapse

Introduction

• A synapse is a point at which one neuron communicates with another. Synapses may be electrical or chemical. They incorporate parts of both communicating cells.

More General Terms

• intercellular junction

Additional Terms

• synaptic plasticity; neuronal plasticity
• synaptic receptor
• synaptic reuptake
• synaptogenesis
• synaptosome

References

Principles of Neural Science, 3rd ed., Kandel, Schwartz & Jessell (eds), Elsevier, NY, 1991, pg 123

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