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synaptic cleft

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 207 words | Copyright

synaptic cleft The very narrow gap that lies between two nerve cells at the synapse and which a nerve impulse must cross (from the presynaptic to postsynaptic side) in order to stimulate the next nerve cell.

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