being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse
Word origin
[1905–10; post- + synaptic]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: overcall, revolving door, stabilizer, thiamine, white listpost- is a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,”occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital)
Examples of 'postsynaptic' in a sentence
postsynaptic
During this process, the dynamics and localization of postsynaptic proteins are also precisely regulated.
Jeomil Bae, Bong Hwan Sung, In Ha Cho, Woo Keun Song 2012, 'F-actin-dependent regulation of NESH dynamics in rat hippocampal neurons.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3319579?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both isoforms were significantly more abundant in postsynaptic than in presynaptic structures.
Kai Murk, Nina Wittenmayer, Kristin Michaelsen-Preusse, Thomas Dresbach, Cora-AnnSchoenenberger, Martin Korte, Brigitte M. Jockusch, Martin Rothkegel 2012, 'Neuronal Profilin Isoforms Are Addressed by Different Signalling Pathways', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0034167. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Excitatory pre- and postsynaptic transmission was potentiated.
Jing Li, Ming-Ming Zhang, Ke Tu, Jian Wang, Ban Feng, Zi-Nan Zhang, Jie Lei, Yun-QingLi, Jian-Qing Du, Tao Chen 2015, 'The Excitatory Synaptic Transmission of the Nucleus of Solitary Tract Was Potentiatedby Chronic Myocardial Infarction in Rats', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0118827. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three-dimensional reconstructions of the presynaptic and postsynaptic microglomerular regions wereperformed based on confocal microscopy.
Theo Mota, Theo Mota, Theo Mota, Sabine Kreissl, Ana Carrasco Durán, Ana CarrascoDurán, Damien Lefer, Damien Lefer, Giovanni Galizia, Martin Giurfa, Martin Giurfa 2016, 'Synaptic Organization of Microglomerular Clusters in the Lateral and Medial Bulbsof the Honeybee Brain', Frontiers in Neuroanatomyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2016.00103/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The quantitative regulations of synapse dynamics in spike encoding at the postsynaptic neurons remain unclear.
Jiandong Yu, Hao Qian, Na Chen, Jin-Hui Wang 2011, 'Quantal glutamate release is essential for reliable neuronal encodings in cerebralnetworks.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176814?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The upregulation of release probability improves spike capacity and timing precision at postsynaptic neuron.
Yu Jiandong, Qian Hao, Wang Jin-Hui 2012, 'Upregulation of transmitter release probability improves a conversion of synapticanalogue signals into neuronal digital spikes', Molecular Brainhttp://www.molecularbrain.com/content/5/1/26. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The large-sized spines had a postsynaptic density with a large volume.
Yosuke Kitahara, Keisuke Ohta, Hiroshi Hasuo, Takahide Shuto, Mahomi Kuroiwa, NaokiSotogaku, Akinobu Togo, Kei-ichiro Nakamura, Akinori Nishi 2016, 'Chronic Fluoxetine Induces the Enlargement of Perforant Path-Granule Cell Synapsesin the Mouse Dentate Gyrus.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4720354?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It decreases the levels of norepinephrine release, resulting in a reduction of postsynaptic adrenergic activity.
Liu Xianbao, Zhan Hong, Zeng Xu, Zhang Chunfang, Chen Dunjin 2013, 'Dexmedetomidine Reduced Cytokine Release during Postpartum Bleeding-Induced MultipleOrgan Dysfunction Syndrome in Rats', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/627831. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Neuromodulation influences neural processing by presynaptic and postsynaptic regulation of synaptic efficacy.
Gabriele Scheler 2018, 'Neuromodulation influences synchronization and intrinsic read-out [version 2; referees:2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]', F1000Researchhttps://f1000research.com/articles/7-1277/v2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In most cases, tone induced only excitatory postsynaptic potential.
Yan eZhao, Yan eZhao, Zizhen eZhang, Xiuping eLiu, Colin eXiong, Zhongju eXiao, JuneYan 2015, 'Imbalance of Excitation and Inhibition at Threshold Level In the Auditory Cortex',Frontiers in Neural Circuitshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2015.00011/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)