trans-syˈnaptic, a. Physiol.
Also transynaptic.
[f. trans- 5 + synaptic a.]
Involving transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse. Hence trans-syˈnaptically adv.
| 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. Ibid., 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. 1977 Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 671/2 Trans-synaptic regulation and adaptation (both orthograde and retrograde) in the brain. |