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excitatory synapse

synapse in which an action potential in the presynaptic cell increases the probability of an action potential occurring in the postsynaptic cell
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excitatory synapse

Summary

excitatory synapse is a cellular component[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #130 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • excitatory synapse's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • excitatory synapse's subclass of is recorded as synapse[4].
  • excitatory synapse's opposite of is recorded as inhibitory synapse[5].
  • excitatory synapse's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0060076[6].
  • excitatory synapse's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060076[7].
  • excitatory synapse's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1516988[8].
  • excitatory synapse's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 99223954[9].
  • excitatory synapse's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C99223954[10].

Why It Matters

excitatory synapse draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #130 of 301).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_excitatory-synapse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{excitatory synapse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/excitatory-synapse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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