"Synaptic Vesicles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Membrane-bound compartments which contain transmitter molecules. Synaptic vesicles are concentrated at presynaptic terminals. They actively sequester transmitter molecules from the cytoplasm. In at least some synapses, transmitter release occurs by fusion of these vesicles with the presynaptic membrane, followed by exocytosis of their contents.
| Descriptor ID |
D013572
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.850.840 A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.880.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Synaptic Vesicles- Synaptic Vesicles
- Synaptic Vesicle
- Vesicle, Synaptic
- Vesicles, Synaptic
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