Synapse (disambiguation)

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A synapse is a neural junction used for communication between neurons. It usually refers to a chemical synapse, but also could be an electrical synapse or immunological synapse.

Synapse may also refer to:

  • Synapse Software, an American computer game development and publishing company active during the early-1980s
  • Peltarion Synapse, a component-based integrated development environment for neural networks and adaptive systems
  • Synapse (City of Heroes), a superhero with super speed from the video game City of Heroes and the related monthly comic book.
  • Synapse, the fictional communications software in the 2001 film Antitrust (film).
  • Synapse is a song by British post-grunge band Bush on the album Deconstructed (Bush album).
  • Synapse Films, a DVD releasing company specialising in cult and hard-to-find movies.
  • SYNAPSE Records, a record label
  • Occasionally used to refer to the temporal fenestra feature that is critical for taxonomic classification of the skulls of synapsids.