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Chemical synapse

Known as: chemical synapses 
A synapse in which an action potential causes the exocytosis of neurotransmitter from the presynaptic cell, which diffuses across the synaptic cleft… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Combined effect of chemical and electrical synapses in Hindmarsh-Rose neural networks on synchronization and the rate of information.
In this work we studied the combined action of chemical and electrical synapses in small networks of Hindmarsh-Rose (HR) neurons… 
2006
2006
Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Detergent-resistant Membranes from Chemical Synapses
Synaptic vesicles (SVs) in the central nervous system upon stimulation undergo rapid calcium-triggered exoendocytic cycling… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Presynaptic calcium channels: Pharmacology and regulation
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The inositol high-polyphosphate series blocks synaptic transmission by preventing vesicular fusion: a squid giant synapse study.
Presynaptic injection of inositol 1,3,4,5-tetraphosphate, inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate, or inositol 1,2,3,4,5,6… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Mapping and ultrastructure of serotonin‐immunoreactive neurons in the optic lobes of three insect species
With antibodies to serotonin (5‐HT) we have mapped immunoreactive neurons in the optic lobes of three insect species, the blowfly… 
1984
1984
Perioral synaptic connections and their possible role in the feeding behavior of Hydra.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Synaptic junctions in the cat spinal ganglion
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Morphology and responses to light of the somata, axons, and terminal regions of individual photoreceptors of the giant barnacle
1. The median eye of the giant barnacle, B. nubilus, comprises four large photoreceptor neurones which are visible under the… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Freeze‐fracture studies on the synapses in the organ of corti
Receptoneural junctions and synapses in the organ of Corti of the chinchilla have been examined with the freeze‐fracture… 
1977
1977
Anatomical studies of simple invertebrate synapses utilizing stage rotation election microscopy and densitometry.
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