A specialized area of membrane facing the presynaptic membrane on the tip of the nerve ending and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft). Neurotransmitters across the synaptic cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane. (Gene Ontology, GO_0045211)
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13 genes associated with the synaptic term postsynaptic membrane from the SynGO Synaptic Gene Annotations dataset.