"Electrical Synapses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specialized junctions between NEURONS which connect the cytoplasm of one neuron to another allowing direct passage of an ion current.
| Descriptor ID |
D054351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.850.180 A11.284.149.165.420.471.180 A11.284.149.165.420.780.180
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| Concept/Terms |
Electrical Synapses- Electrical Synapses
- Electrical Synapse
- Synapse, Electrical
- Synapses, Electrical
Neuronal Gap Junctions- 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
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