Synapse

Synapse

Specialised apposition between a neuron and its target cell for transmission of information by release and reception of a chemical transmitter agent.

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Specialized apposition between a neuron and its target cell for transmission of information by release and reception of a chemical transmitter agent.

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medial longitudinal fasciculus

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Axon tract that carries excitatory projections from the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus; important in coordinating conjugate eye movements.

commissures

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Axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain. See also anterior commissure.

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Axons that link visceral motor neurons in autonomic ganglia to their targets.

climbing fibers

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Axons that originate in the inferior olive, ascend through the inferior cerebellar peduncle, and make terminal arborizations that invest the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.