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chemical synaptic transmission
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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. [ http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009435 ]
Term info
Label
chemical synaptic transmission
Subsets
goslim_synapse
has broad synonym
synaptic transmission, signal transmission across a synapse
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
neurotransmission
id
GO:0007268
Term relations
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- phenylethylamine metabolic process involved in synaptic transmission
- presynaptic process involved in chemical synaptic transmission
- chemical synaptic transmission, postsynaptic
- induction of synaptic vesicle exocytosis by positive regulation of presynaptic cytosolic calcium ion concentration
- neurotransmitter secretion