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    In a neuron, synaptic vesicles (or neurotransmitter vesicles) store various neurotransmitters that are released at the synapse. The release is regulated...
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    Synapse (redirect from Synaptic inputs)
    synaptic vesicle cycle Major elements in chemical synaptic transmission Active zone Autapse Exocytosis Immunological synapse Neurotransmitter vesicle...
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    potential reaches the presynaptic bouton, the contents of the vesicles are released into the synaptic cleft and the released neurotransmitter travels across...
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    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A is a ubiquitous synaptic vesicle protein that in humans is encoded by the SV2A gene. It is present in every synapse of...
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    space (the synaptic cleft) that is adjacent to another neuron. The neurotransmitters are contained within small sacs called synaptic vesicles, and are released...
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    the vesicle transiently fuses with the plasma membrane. In the context of neurotransmission, neurotransmitters are typically released from synaptic vesicles...
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    nervous system activity. It is caused by a temporary depletion of synaptic vesicles that house neurotransmitters in the synapse, generally produced by...
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  • new synaptic vesicles. The exact mechanism and signaling cascade which triggers synaptic vesicle recycling is still unknown. No one method of synaptic vesicle...
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  • supramolecular assembly of lipid molecules, like a cell membrane Synaptic vesicle In human embryology Vesicle (embryology), bulge-like features of the early neural...
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  • electron-dense structure, the synaptic ribbon, that holds vesicles close to the active zone. It is characterized by a tight vesicle-calcium channel coupling...
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    packaged into synaptic vesicles that cluster beneath the axon terminal membrane on the presynaptic side (A) of a synapse. Some of these vesicles are docked...
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    the SNCA gene. Alpha-synuclein is a neuronal protein that regulates synaptic vesicle trafficking and subsequent neurotransmitter release. It is abundant...
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    Voltage- gated Ca++ channel Synaptic vesicle Neurotransmitter transporter Receptor Neurotransmitter Axon terminal Synaptic cleft Dendrite A neurotransmitter...
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    released into the synaptic cleft via exocytosis from synaptic vesicles. Two kinds of neurotransmitter vesicles exist: large dense core vesicles and small clear...
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    lysosome). The best studied SNAREs are those that mediate the release of synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters in neurons. These neuronal SNAREs are...
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    Synaptophysin, also known as the major synaptic vesicle protein p38, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SYP gene. The gene is located on the...
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    chemicals. These chemicals are stored in secretory vesicles and released when needed. Synaptic vesicles are located at presynaptic terminals in neurons and...
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    osmotically sensitive, contain numerous small clear synaptic vesicles, sometimes larger dense-core vesicles and frequently one or more small mitochondria....
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    synaptobrevins are expressed in brain and are constituents of the synaptic vesicles, where they participate in neurotransmitter release. VAMP3 (known...
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    PMID 27141430. Despite the challenges in determining synaptic vesicle pH, the proton gradient across the vesicle membrane is of fundamental importance for its...
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    norepinephrine, serotonin, and histamine—from cellular cytosol into synaptic vesicles. In nigrostriatal pathway and mesolimbic pathway dopamine-releasing...
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    neurotransmitters and neuropeptides to modulate synaptic activity. Synaptic vesicles and dense core vesicles can have differential activation properties for...
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    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SV2B gene. SV2A GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000185518 – Ensembl, May...
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    synaptic vesicles, triggering vesicle fusion with the cell membrane and subsequent neurotransmitter release from the motor neuron into the synaptic cleft...
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    gene encodes a protein associated with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles. A subset of patients with stiff person syndrome who were also affected...
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  • trigger vesicle fusion act by increasing intracellular Ca2+. Synaptic vesicles commit vesicle fusion by a nerve impulse reaching the synapse, activating...
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  • fusion is a type of synaptic vesicle release where the vesicle opens and closes transiently. In this form of exocytosis, the vesicle docks and transiently...
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    monoamine neurotransmitters and it releases these neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles via vesicular monoamine transporter 2. It also shares many chemical...
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  • which causes the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles containing acetylcholine. Acetylcholine then diffuses across the synaptic cleft. It may be hydrolysed by...
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    triggering of synaptic vesicle fusion with plasma membrane. These synaptic vesicles contain acetylcholine, which is released into the synaptic cleft and stimulates...
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