"Synaptic Transmission" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In chemical synaptic transmission, the presynaptic neuron releases a NEUROTRANSMITTER that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to specific synaptic receptors, activating them. The activated receptors modulate specific ion channels and/or second-messenger systems in the postsynaptic cell. In electrical synaptic transmission, electrical signals are communicated as an ionic current flow across ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES.
| Descriptor ID |
D009435
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.087.800.850 G02.149.115.800.850 G04.299.880.850 G07.265.337.900 G07.700.240.900 G11.561.600.835
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| Concept/Terms |
Synaptic Transmission- Synaptic Transmission
- Neurotransmission
- Transmission, Synaptic
- Transmission, Neural
- Neural Transmission
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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