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Originally Posted by syed2011
Sorry admin, I know this is an off-topic questions but i want to know What do we call a space between synoptic nob of one neuron and dendrite of axon. Please reply.
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At a chemical synapse each ending, or terminal, of a nerve fibre (presynaptic fibre) swells to form a knoblike structure that is separated from the fibre of an adjacent neuron, called a postsynaptic fibre, by a microscopic space called the synaptic cleft.
The minute gap between presynaptic cell and postsynaptic cell in a chemical synapse, across which the neurotransmitters diffuse into is called synaptic cleft
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Synaptic cleft