trans-synapticadj.
Physiology.
Involving transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [adjective] > reception or transmission of impulses
projectional1852
facilitatory1867
conductive1881
cheirokinaesthetic1900
nociceptive1904
interoceptive1906
photoreceptive1906
proprioceptive1906
adrenotropic1915
photosensory1919
adrenergic1934
saltatory1934
somatotopic1945
psychomotoric1949
supersensitive1949
mechanoreceptive1951
trans-synaptic1954
somatotopical1958
electroreceptive1967
psychomotorical1969
the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [adjective] > nerve cell > junction between
synaptic1895
trans-synaptic1954
1954 Penfield & Jasper Epilepsy & Functional Anat. Human Brain v. 211 Under deep barbiturate anesthesia.., transynaptic conduction is sufficiently impaired so that spikes recorded beyond a synapse are prolonged by temporal dispersion into slower waves.
1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 671/2 Trans-synaptic regulation and adaptation (both orthograde and retrograde) in the brain.
Derivatives
trans-syˈnaptically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [adverb] > nerve cell > junction between
synaptically1902
postsynaptically1951
trans-synaptically1954
presynaptically1962
1954 Penfield & Jasper Epilepsy & Functional Anat. Human Brain v. 211 Under light anesthesia..the temporal dispersion of transynaptically conducted spikes may be scarcely detectable.
1974 Nature 11 Jan. 112/1 These findings suggest that the rise in T-OH activity elicited by reserpine is mediated trans-synaptically through an increase in ganglionic transmission.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
adj.1954