Cell Component
postsynaptic membrane
Definitions related to postsynaptic membrane:
  • A specialized area of membrane facing the presynaptic membrane on the tip of the nerve ending and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft). Neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Synaptic membrane, each instance of which is an areaof plasma membrane of some presynaptic axon within some synapse and has sites for reception of some neurotransmitters.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The membrane of the postsynaptic cell that is enriched with neurotransmitter receptors.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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