electrical synapses

Preferred Label : electrical synapses;

MeSH definition : Specialized junctions between NEURONS which connect the cytoplasm of one neuron to another allowing direct passage of an ion current.;

MeSH synonym : synapses, electrical; electrical synapse; synapse, electrical;

MeSH hyponym : neuronal gap junctions; Gap Junction, Neuronal; Junction, Neuronal Gap; Junctions, Neuronal Gap; Neuronal Gap Junction; Electrotonic Synapses; Electrotonic Synapse; Synapse, Electrotonic; Gap Junctions, Neuronal; Synapses, Electrotonic;

Details

Origin ID

D054351;

UMLS CUI

C1179884;

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)
- Electrical synapse [FMA entity]
- gap junction [GO term]
- synapse [GO term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Electrical Synapse [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- electrical synapses [MeSH concept]
- neuronal gap junctions [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Electrical Synapse [NCIt concept]
- Electrical synapse [FMA entity]

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