Definition of "disynaptic" []

• Characterizes a connection between two neurons as involving an intermediate neuron. (adjective)

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• "They also synapse onto Martinotti cells, which in turn synapse with other pyramidal cells, making a "disynaptic" connection between the two pyramidal cells."
• "The monosynaptic connection is excitatory, but, because the Martinotti cell makes GABAergic synapses onto its targets, the disynaptic connection is inhibitory."
• "Convergence on propriospinal neurons transmitting disynaptic excitation from the corticospinal tract and other dsescending tracts."