Category:GO:0045202 ! synapse

name: synapse
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron or muscle fiber or glial cell; the site of interneuronal communication. As the nerve fiber approaches the synapse it enlarges into a specialized structure, the presynaptic nerve ending, which contains mitochondria and synaptic vesicles. At the tip of the nerve ending is the presynaptic membrane; facing it, and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft) is a specialized area of membrane on the receiving cell, known as the postsynaptic membrane. In response to the arrival of nerve impulses, the presynaptic nerve ending secretes molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane." [ISBN:0198506732]
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "synaptic junction" EXACT []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao914572699
xref: Wikipedia:Chemical_synapse
is_a: GO:0005575 ! cellular_component

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 6 child terms, out of 6 total.

• [  ] GO:0031594 ! neuromuscular junction
• [  ] GO:0032279 ! asymmetric synapse
• [  ] GO:0032280 ! symmetric synapse
• [+] GO:0044456 ! synapse part (13)
• [  ] GO:0060076 ! excitatory synapse
• [  ] GO:0060077 ! inhibitory synapse

Pages in category "GO:0045202 ! synapse"

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