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homosynaptic

homosynaptic adjective: involving a single synapse.

Adjective

homosynaptic (not comparable)

  1. Involving a single synapse.
    • Habituation and dishabituation allow for experience-dependent tuning of these reflexes and the mechanisms underlying these forms of behavioral plasticity involve changes in transmitter release from the sensory to motor neuron synapses through homosynaptic depression and the serotonin-mediated...2015 August 29, “Decline in the Recovery from Synaptic Depression in Heavier Aplysia Results from Decreased Serotonin-Induced Novel PKC Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Antonyms of homosynaptic

Origin of homosynaptic

From homo- + synaptic.

Questions about homosynaptic

What does homosynaptic mean?
Homosynaptic means involving a single synapse.
What part of speech is homosynaptic?
Homosynaptic is an adjective.

Words near homosynaptic in the dictionary

  1. homostyly
  2. homosubspecific
  3. homosubstituted
  4. homosubtypic
  5. homosynapsis
  6. homosynaptic
  7. homosynaptically
  8. homotachous
  9. homotachy
  10. homotactic
  11. homotaurin

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