synapses - CISMeF

Preferred Label : synapses;

MeSH definition : Specialized junctions at which a neuron communicates with a target cell. At classical synapses, a neuron's presynaptic terminal releases a chemical transmitter stored in synaptic vesicles which diffuses across a narrow synaptic cleft and activates receptors on the postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The target may be a dendrite, cell body, or axon of another neuron, or a specialized region of a muscle or secretory cell. Neurons may also communicate via direct electrical coupling with ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Several other non-synaptic chemical or electric signal transmitting processes occur via extracellular mediated interactions.;

MeSH synonym : synapse;

MeSH annotation : note specifics; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES is also available; / physiol: consider also SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; do not confuse with SYNAPSIS see CHROMOSOME PAIRING;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse;

Details

Origin ID

D013569;

UMLS CUI

C0039062;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- obsolete synapse part [GO term]
- synapse [GO term]
- synapsis [GO term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Synapse [FMA entity]
- Synapse [NCIt concept]
- Synapse structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- synapse [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- GukH protein, drosophila [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Slitrk5 protein, mouse [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- sharpin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- synapses [MeSH concept]
See also
- gap junctions [MeSH Descriptor]
- synaptic transmission [MeSH Descriptor]
- synaptosomes [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Synapse [FMA entity]
- Synapse [NCIt concept]
- Synapse structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- synapse [GO term]
- synapse [SNOMED Notion]

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