The vesicular release of classical neurotransmitter molecules from a presynapse, across a chemical synapse, the subsequent activation of neurotransmitter receptors at the postsynapse of a target cell (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) and the effects of this activation on the postsynaptic membrane potential and ionic composition of the postsynaptic cytosol. This process encompasses both spontaneous and evoked release of neurotransmitter and all parts of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Evoked transmission starts with the arrival of an action potential at the presynapse.

synaptic transmission, signal transmission across a synapse

biological_process

neurotransmission

GO:0007268

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

• transmission of nerve impulse

• chemical synaptic transmission, postsynaptic