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- Dictionarysynapse/ˈsʌɪnaps/
noun
- 1. a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
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Junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron, muscle fiber or glial cell
In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell. Synapses can be chemical or electrical. In case of electrical synapses, neurons are coupled bidirectionally in continuous-time to each other and are known to produce synchronous network activity in the brain but can result in much more com... Wikipedia
