In horse racing, these definitions may differ: For example, in the British Isles, Thoroughbred horse racing defines colts and fillies as less than five years old. However, Australian Thoroughbred racing defines colts and fillies as less than four years old.
For the general concept of brain plasticity, see neuroplasticity. In neuroscience, synaptic plasticity is the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activity. Plastic change also results from the alteration of the number of neurotransmitter receptors located on a synapse.
synaptic. pertaining to a synapse. synaptic cleft. a narrow space between the plasma membranes of the presynaptic and postsynaptic cells. synaptic junction. see synapse. synaptic vesicle. one located in the axon terminal of a presynaptic cell, containing neurotransmitter substances.ynaptic cleft, the microscopic extracellular space at the synapse that separates the membrane of the terminal nerve endings of a presynaptic neuron and the membrane of a postsynaptic cell. Nerve impulses are transmitted across this cleft by means of a neurotransmitter. Also called synaptic gap.