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  • n  the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
    nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters

  • Will neurologists scan our brains down to the last synapse and duplicate the wiring in a silicon chip, giving our minds eternal life? No one can say.
  • Sontag's every synapse is open to the joys of books, movies, music and theater, but the imperatives of her industrial-strength self-awareness guarantee that she will never quite .
  • The objective is to form a synapse, the gap-like structure over which the axon of one neuron beams a signal to the dendrites of another.
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  • Tom Bihn's Synapse 25 is the perfect starter professional backpack
    Tom Bihn's Synapse 25 backpack taught me an important lesson over the month I spent testing it on numerous road trips. That lesson? Stop buying cheap backpacks. Investing a little extra money right now can save you time packing, unpacking, and getting through airport security in the future. Say hello to the Synapse 25 backpack, the road traveler's best friend. Design From a purely aesthetic ...
    June 14, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Quotes

  • Tom Renney in USA Today
    You'd like to think that we're sort of mature enough as a team to recognize you've got to sort of maintain some equilibrium,coach Tom Renney said. "Tonight it just wasn't there. There wasn't sort of that synapse between the brain and...
  • Phil Jackson in Los Angeles Times
    With Ron, there's a little synapse there, a little delayed reaction,Coach Phil Jackson said. "That's just Ron, regardless. All the guys have had to get used to it."
  • Ben Barres in RedOrbit
    It's a bit scary that a drug that can so powerfully block synapse formation is being used in pregnant women,Barres said. "This potential effect on fetal brains needs to be taken seriously. Right now, doctors have the view that gabapentin...

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