Category:GO:0045202 ! synapse

name: synapse
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The junction between an axon of one neuron and a dendrite of another neuron, a muscle fiber or a glial cell. As the axon approaches the synapse it enlarges into a specialized structure, the presynaptic terminal bouton, which contains mitochondria and synaptic vesicles. At the tip of the terminal bouton 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 terminal bouton secretes molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane." [GOC:aruk, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:24619342, PMID:29383328, PMID:31998110]
subset: goslim_agr
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon
subset: goslim_flybase_ribbon
subset: goslim_mouse
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_synapse
synonym: "electrotonic synapse" RELATED [NIF_Subcellular:sao1311109124]
synonym: "mixed synapse" NARROW [NIF_Subcellular:sao1506103497]
synonym: "synaptic junction" EXACT []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao914572699
xref: Wikipedia:Chemical_synapse
is_a: GO:0030054 ! cell junction

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0045202</GOterm>
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