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ephapse
ephapse[e′faps] (neuroscience) A false synapse between neighboring neurons where current current from one affects the other. ephapse
ephapse [e-faps´] a point of lateral contact (other than a synapse) between nerve fibers across which impulses are conducted directly through the nerve membranes. adj., adj ephap´tic.e·phapse (ē-faps'), A place where two or more nerve cell processes (axons and dendrites) touch without forming a typical synaptic contact; some form of neural transmission may occur at such nonsynaptic contact sites. [G. ephapsis, contact] e·phapse (ē'faps) A place where two or more nerve cell processes (e.g., axons, dendrites) touch without forming a typical synaptic contact; some form of neural transmission may occur at such nonsynaptic contact sites. [G. ephapsis, contact] |