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"nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"nounthe junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscletype of:
Definition that contains synapse
- synaptic (neuroscience) of or involving synapses
- norepinephrine a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses
- neurotransmitter a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse
- nerve end the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
- nerve ending the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
- noradrenaline a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses