WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0007268

GO:0007268 Name: chemical synaptic transmission
  Definition: The vesicular release of classical neurotransmitter molecules from a presynapse, across a chemical synapse, the subsequent activation of neurotransmitter receptors at the postsynapse of a target cell (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) and the effects of this activation on the postsynaptic membrane potential and ionic composition of the postsynaptic cytosol. This process encompasses both spontaneous and evoked release of neurotransmitter and all parts of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Evoked transmission starts with the arrival of an action potential at the presynapse.
  Synonym: Broad: signal transmission across a synapse
      synaptic transmission
    Related: neurotransmission
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance (13)
    Component: GO:0007269
      GO:0090507
      GO:0099531
      GO:0099565
      GO:0099703
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0098916
  Attributes_of: Motif (11)
    Index: Ancestor: GO:0007154
        GO:0007267
        GO:0009987
        GO:0008150
        GO:0023052
        GO:0050789
        GO:0065007
        GO:0098916
        GO:0099536
        GO:0099537
      Descendant (80)
    GO_annotation (89)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15