adjective
- involving or relating to a single synapse between neurons
Usage: medical; neuroscience
Examples
- The knee-jerk reflex is a monosynaptic reflex involving only one synapse.
- Monosynaptic connections provide the fastest neural transmission.
- The stretch reflex is an example of a monosynaptic pathway.
- Researchers studied monosynaptic responses in the spinal cord.
- Monosynaptic reflexes bypass the brain for immediate responses.
- The patellar reflex demonstrates monosynaptic neural circuitry.