synapse

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006216",
  "term": "synapse",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "synapses (nervous system)"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "intercellular junctions",
    "nervous system",
    "synaptogenesis",
    "gap junctions",
    "myasthenia gravis",
    "synaptic transmission",
    "synaptic vesicles"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sinapsis"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/synapse/"
}