(neural transmission) Communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse.

(neuronal transmission) Any process in which a presynaptic cell transfers a signal to a postsynaptic cell, by either release of a neurotransmitter or by passage of an electrical current via specialized channels. This process is essential to all neuronal functions.

The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In chemical synaptic transmission, the presynaptic neuron releases a NEUROTRANSMITTER that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to specific synaptic receptors, activating them. The activated receptors modulate specific ion channels and/or second-messenger systems in the postsynaptic cell. In electrical synaptic transmission, electrical signals are communicated as an ionic current flow across ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES.

(transmission of nerve impulse) The neurological system process in which a signal is transmitted through the nervous system by a combination of action potential propagation and synaptic transmission.

A neuron generates and propagates an action potential along its axon, then transmits this signal across a synapse by releasing neurotransmitters, which trigger a reaction in another neuron or an effector cell (eg, muscle cells, most exocrine and endocrine cells). Neurotransmitters that are released bind to receptors on another neuron....