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What does synaptic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (cytology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
  2. (cytology) Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
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A variety of experiments indicate that single synaptic connections exhibit a broad distribution of presynaptic release probabilities.
Regulation of glutamate reuptake occurs along with several forms of synaptic plasticity.
Ed laughed lightly at catching her in her own synaptic misfire while she glared fierily at him.
The Torpedo electrocyte model has served to identify the most important components involved in synaptic transmission.
From a screen of 24,000 mutagenized flies, 17 mutants with presynaptic defects in synaptic transmission were recovered.
But this is not to suggest that Hebb's influence was just his postulates related to synaptic change.

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