Term Information

Accession
GO:0060076
Name
excitatory synapse
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A synapse in which an action potential in the presynaptic cell increases the probability of an action potential occurring in the postsynaptic cell. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:ef
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0060076 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of excitatory synapse (GO:0060076)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
excitatory synapse [is_a relation] is_a  synapse (GO:0045202)
Children of excitatory synapse (GO:0060076)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
parallel fiber to Purkinje cell synapse (GO:0098688) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory synapse
asymmetric, glutamatergic, excitatory synapse (GO:0098985) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory synapse
excitatory neuromuscular junction (GO:0098520) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory synapse
Wikipedia
Excitatory_synapse