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/sˈɪnæps/
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[ US /ˈsɪæps/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪæps/ ]
NOUN
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the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters
How To Use synapse In A Sentence
- I was tired between synapses and in the connective tissue of organs.
- The process of forging permanent neural pathways, whereby changes occur at the synapse between neurons that enhance and strengthen the connection, is called long-term potentiation. After the Diagnosis
- Astrocytes, previously thought to be unimportant in neuronal transmission, have recently been implicated in long-term modulation of neuronal synapses. Health News from Medical News Today
- More brain synapses are fired during a 3D presentation - it is physically more appealing. 3D Gets a Boost of Positive News - Really? « FirstShowing.net
- All dendrites bear large numbers of spines, small excrescences on which incoming nerve fibres terminate to form synapses.
- For future tests the team aims to speed up the simulation, make it more neurobiologically faithful, add structures seen in real mouse brains and make the responses of neurons and synapses more detailed. Mouse Brain Simulated Via Computer | Impact Lab
- It codes for the protein in neurons that recycles secreted serotonin from the synapse.
- Mind the gap, the place where your nerve cells communicate known as the synapse. Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.: Is Any Memory Loss Normal With Age?
- She felt ashamed that her mind synapsed so quickly to this conclusion. GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL
- Once a T cell’s antigen receptor finds an antigen has entered the body that it recognizes as foreign, the T cell forms what is known as an immunological synapse—think of it as a telephone call from the T cell to the dendritic cell—querying dendritic cells for additional information about the antigen and its source in the body. The Autoimmune Epidemic
