synapses

= 1373380877 = = __Definition:__ = toc . synapses development results from dendrites and axons.Dendrites are branchlike protusions from the cell bodies of neurons. Axons are taillike extensions of neurons.
 * Tiny spaces across which neural impulses flow from one neuron to the next. p. 62 HGD Chapter 3
 * Connections between neurons. HGD Chapter 4p. 86
 * A junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
 * In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a nerve cell to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another cell.

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A synapse is the cable or wire through which you exchange information with other computers.

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 * E - Essential **
 * C - Connections **
 * B - Between **
 * N - Neurons **

=__In the News:__=

[|Neuronal dysfunction found in autism can be reversed]
 * A new [|study] published in the journal //Science,// entitled //Disorder of Neuronal Circuits in [|Autism] is Reversible//, indicates that a dysfunction in the neuronal circuitry caused by autism can be reversed.

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