See Also: synapse(medicine)
synapse(encyclopedia)
synapse(1)(dictionary)
synapse(dictionary)
synapse(2)(dictionary)
Synapse(health)
Inhibitory synapse(medicine)
Rectifying synapse(medicine)
electrotonic synapse(medicine)
axodendritic synapse(medicine)

Synapse (health)


A tiny gap between the ends of nerve fibers across which nerve impulses pass from one neuron to another; at the synapse, an impulse causes the release of a neurotransmitter, which diffuses across the gap and triggers an electrical impulse in the next neuron.