 Presynaptic Terminals
"Presynaptic Terminals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The distal terminations of axons which are specialized for the release of neurotransmitters. Also included are varicosities along the course of axons which have similar specializations and also release transmitters. Presynaptic terminals in both the central and peripheral nervous systems are included.
| Descriptor ID |
D017729
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.542.145.750 A08.850.700 A11.284.149.165.420.780.700 A11.671.137.750 A11.671.501.145.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Presynaptic Terminals- Presynaptic Terminals
- Presynaptic Terminal
- Terminal, Presynaptic
- Terminals, Presynaptic
- Synaptic Terminals
- Synaptic Terminal
- Terminal, Synaptic
- Terminals, Synaptic
- Synaptic Boutons
- Bouton, Synaptic
- Boutons, Synaptic
- Synaptic Bouton
- Axon Terminals
- Axon Terminal
- Terminal, Axon
- Terminals, Axon
- Nerve Endings, Presynaptic
- Ending, Presynaptic Nerve
- Endings, Presynaptic Nerve
- Nerve Ending, Presynaptic
- Presynaptic Nerve Ending
- Presynaptic Nerve Endings
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Presynaptic Terminals" by people in Profiles.
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Gerges NZ, Alkadhi KA. Hypothyroidism impairs late LTP in CA1 region but not in dentate gyrus of the intact rat hippocampus: MAPK involvement. Hippocampus. 2004; 14(1):40-5.
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Sherry DM, Wang MM, Bates J, Frishman LJ. Expression of vesicular glutamate transporter 1 in the mouse retina reveals temporal ordering in development of rod vs. cone and ON vs. OFF circuits. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Oct 27; 465(4):480-98.
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Alkadhi KA, Al-Hijailan RS, Malik K, Hogan YH. Retrograde carbon monoxide is required for induction of long-term potentiation in rat superior cervical ganglion. J Neurosci. 2001 May 15; 21(10):3515-20.
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Ogmen H, Garnier L. Quantitative studies of fly visual sustained neurons. Int J Biomed Comput. 1994 Aug; 36(4):299-310.
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