Axon terminals (also called terminal boutons, synaptic boutons, end-feet, or presynaptic terminals) are distal terminations of the branches of an axon...

200 million axons in the human brain. Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath Axons are the primary...

as small-scale axon terminal arbor pruning. Axons extend short axon terminal arbors toward neurons within a target area. Certain terminal arbors are pruned...

ending as with a slight bulge at the center of the corpuscle. This axon terminal issues brief projections of unknown functional significance into gaps...

nervous system bundles of axons are called nerve tracts. Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath...

Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath In cellular neuroscience, the soma (pl.: somata or somas;...

structure and function. The presynaptic axon terminal, or synaptic bouton, is a specialized area within the axon of the presynaptic cell that contains neurotransmitters...

the cysteine residues of SNAP-25. As an action potential reaches the axon terminal, depolarization events stimulate the opening of voltage-gated calcium...

which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron (the presynaptic neuron), and bind to and react with the...

Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath In neuroscience, saltatory conduction (from Latin saltus 'leap...

of approximately 20% of an axon terminal's neurotransmitter load. Neurotransmitters are synthesized in the axon terminal where they are stored in vesicles...

vesicles in axon terminals. Dopamine release from vesicles is triggered by action potential propagation-induced membrane depolarization. The axons of dopamine...

reuptake of dopamine from the synaptic cleft into the pre-synaptic axon terminal; the higher dopamine levels in the synaptic cleft increase dopamine...

the postsynaptic terminals of muscle fibers have a large, saucer-like appearance. When an action potential reaches the axon terminal of a motor neuron...

constantly recreated by the cell. The area in the axon that holds groups of vesicles is an axon terminal or "terminal bouton". Up to 130 vesicles can be released...

inhibitory neurotransmitter, like GABA, acts on GABA receptors on the axon terminal. Or when endocannabinoids act as retrograde messengers by binding to...

body toward the next neuron. The bulb-like end of the axon, called the axon terminal, is separated from the dendrite of the following neuron by a small gap...

(called action potentials) pass along the axon. The myelinated axon can be likened to an electrical wire (the axon) with insulating material (myelin) around...

Neurotransmitters (chemicals) are packaged into vesicles that cluster beneath the axon terminal membrane on the presynaptic side of a synapse in a process called endocytosis...

depolarization continues from the axon hillock down the axon. The surge of depolarization traveling from the axon hillock to the axon terminal is known as an action...

within the first two postnatal weeks. Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath Several types of cells...

neurotransmitter used in skeletal muscle contraction) is released from the axon terminal of the nerve cell when an action potential reaches the microscopic junction...

axon refers to conduction opposite of the normal (orthodromic) direction. That is, it refers to conduction along the axon away from the axon terminal(s)...

neurotransmitter transporter located along the plasma membrane of an axon terminal (i.e., the pre-synaptic neuron at a synapse) or glial cell after it...

motor loop. Dopaminergic neurons of this pathway release dopamine from axon terminals that synapse onto GABAergic medium spiny neurons (MSNs), also known...

fields. The amacrine cells also introduce lateral inhibition to the axon terminal, serving various visual functions including efficient signal transduction...

the largest in the brain. The related endbulb of Held is also a large axon terminal synapse (15–30 μm in diameter) found in another auditory brainstem structure...

Synaptic vesicle Neurotransmitter transporter Receptor Neurotransmitter Axon terminal Synaptic cleft Dendrite A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted...

cells: neurons and glial cells. Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath The nervous system is...

Oligodendrocyte (CNS) vs Schwann cell (PNS) Dendrite Soma Axon Axon hillock Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath A neuron (also known...