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Synapse |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Synapse |
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Specialized junctions at which a neuron communicates with a target cell. At classical synapses, a neuron's presynaptic terminal releases a chemical transmitter stored in synaptic vesicles which diffuses across a narrow synaptic cleft and activates receptors on the postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The target may be a dendrite, cell body, or axon of another neuron, or a specialized region of a muscle or secretory cell. Neurons may also communicate through direct electrical connections which are sometimes called electrical synapses. |
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Synapse |
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Synapse |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Cell_Junction |
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