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Synaptic cleft

Known as: clefts synaptic 
The narrow gap that separates the presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes, into which neurotransmitter is released. [GOC:jl, http://synapses.mcg.edu… 
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2015
2015
Altered GluN2B NMDA receptor function and synaptic plasticity during early pathology in the PS2APP mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Presynaptic calcium channels and the depletion of synaptic cleft calcium ions.
The entry of calcium ions (Ca(2+)) through voltage-gated calcium channels is an essential step in the release of neurotransmitter… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Glutamate transport and storage in synaptic vesicles.
Glutamate plays an important metabolic role in virtually every vertebrate cell. In particular, glutamate is the most common… 
1995
1995
Spontaneous feeding-related monoamine changes in rostromedial hypothalamus of the obese Zucker rat: A microdialysis study
1984
1984
Preferential glutamine uptake by cochlear hair cells: implications for the afferent cochlear transmitter
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Cytoarchitecture, fiber connections, and ultrastructure of nucleus isthmi in a teleost (Navodon modestus) with a special reference to degenerating isthmic afferents from optic tectum and nucleus…
Cytoarchitecture and fiber connections of the nucleus isthmi in a teleost (Navodon modestus) were studied by means of Nissl… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Formation of neuromuscular junctions in adult rats: accumulation of acetylcholine receptors, acetylcholinesterase, and components of synaptic basal lamina.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Affinity partitioning of membranes. Evidence for discrete membrane domains containing cholinergic receptor.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Antibodies that bind specifically to synaptic sites on muscle fiber basal lamina
Basal lamina (BL) ensheathes each skeletal muscle fiber and passes through the synaptic cleft at the neuromuscular junction… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Rat brain synaptic vesicles and synaptic plasma membranes compared by crossed immunoelectrophoresis
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