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The 38 pages that link to Synapse, each with the reason it gives.

• NeuroplasticityNarrower topic: Changes at synapses provide one basic substrate for experience-dependent plasticity.

• NeurotransmitterNarrower topic: Most neurotransmitter signaling occurs at chemical synapses.

• Neuromuscular junctionNarrower topic: The neuromuscular junction is a synapse with a muscle fiber as its target.

• NeuronRelated: Neurons pass signals to other cells at these junctions.

• NeuroscienceBroader topic: Synapses are the key sites where neural circuits pass and modify information.

• Central nervous systemBroader topic: Synapses allow central nervous system neurons to combine and pass on signals.

• Snake venomNarrower topic: Neurotoxic venoms often disrupt signaling at nerve–muscle synapses.

• Sensory neuronRelated: At central endings, sensory neurons pass incoming information to spinal or brain circuits.

• NeurodegenerationRelated: Synaptic dysfunction can precede neuron loss and disrupt circuits.

• Cerebral cortexRelated: Synapses connect cortical neurons into circuits that transform incoming information.

• Nervous systemBroader topic: Synapses let nervous-system signals pass between cells.

• GABA-A receptorRelated: Receptor placement at synapses determines which inhibitory signals it receives.

• Neural circuitBroader topic: Synapses form the contact points whose strengths and signs shape circuit activity.

• Reflex arcRelated: Synapses connect the neurons that pass signals through many reflex arcs.

• NeuroanatomyBroader topic: Synapses are the microscopic contact points that organize neural circuits.

• NeurotoxicityRelated: Toxins can alter neurotransmitter release, receptor activity, or signal clearance at synapses.

• Auditory nerveNarrower topic: Hair cells communicate with auditory nerve endings across specialized synapses.

• Santiago Ramón y CajalRelated: The neuron doctrine placed communication between separate cells at junctions rather than through a continuous mesh.

• Cholinergic crisisNarrower topic: Acetylcholine signaling at synapses is the immediate setting for many causes of cholinergic excess.

• Gray matterBroader topic: Dense synaptic connections give gray matter its role in local information processing.

• Cognitive neuroscienceBroader topic: Changes in synaptic communication can alter the neural activity associated with cognition.

• Camillo GolgiRelated: The synapse provides the discrete connection required by the neuron doctrine, not Golgi’s continuous network.

• BrainRelated: Synapses pass and modify signals between the brain’s neurons.

• Neuron doctrineBroader topic: Synapses provide the contact points through which separate neurons communicate.

• Hebbian theoryBroader topic: The connection whose strength changes is usually a synapse between neurons.

• DendriteRelated: Synapses on dendrites provide the incoming signals that dendrites receive.

• Nervous tissueRelated: Synapses transfer information between neurons or from neurons to target cells.

• Cell junctionCompared with: It is a communication junction specialized for nervous-system signaling.

• Communication (biology)Broader topic: Synapses provide a specialized contact point for cell-to-cell signaling.

• Neural pathwayRelated: Synapses connect successive neurons and regulate signal transfer along a pathway.

• 22q13 deletion syndromeNarrower topic: SHANK3 helps organize proteins at excitatory synapses.

• Brain (anatomy)Broader topic: Synapses connect brain cells and allow circuits to transmit and modify signals.

• Charles Scott SherringtonRelated: Sherrington popularized this name for the junctions he proposed between neurons.

• Donald O. HebbBroader topic: Changes at connections between neurons became central to Hebb’s account of learning.

• Ganglia (anatomy)Related: Autonomic ganglia relay signals across synapses between neurons.

• Invertebrate gangliaRelated: Synapses let ganglionic neurons combine inputs and pass signals onward.

• Neurosecretory systemsCompared with: Neurosecretory release reaches blood or tissue rather than only a postsynaptic partner.

• Thomas C. SüdhofNarrower topic: Südhof’s research explains how chemical communication is organized at this junction.