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)
central nervous system synapse The synapse and synaptic vesicle cycle Major elements in chemical synaptic transmission Active zone Autapse Cooperative synapse...
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SV2A (redirect from Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A)
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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Active zone (redirect from Synaptic active zone)
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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Chemical synapse (redirect from Synaptic cleft)
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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Exocytosis (section Vesicle trafficking)
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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Axon terminal (redirect from Synaptic button)
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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Ribbon synapse (redirect from Synaptic ribbon)
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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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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End-plate potential (section Synaptic vesicles)
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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osmotically sensitive, contain numerous small clear synaptic vesicles, sometimes larger dense-core vesicles and frequently one or more small mitochondria....
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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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SV2B (redirect from Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2B)
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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Synaptogenesis (redirect from Synaptic development)
characterized. The pre-synaptic axon shows an increase in synaptic volume and area, an increase of synaptic vesicles, clustering of vesicles at the active zone...
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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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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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synaptobrevins are expressed in brain and are constituents of the synaptic vesicles, where they participate in neurotransmitter release. VAMP3 (known...
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Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (redirect from Vesicle monoamine transporter 2)
norepinephrine, serotonin, and histamine—from cellular cytosol into synaptic vesicles. In nigrostriatal pathway and mesolimbic pathway dopamine-releasing...
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Neuropeptide (redirect from Dense core vesicle)
neurotransmitters and neuropeptides to modulate synaptic activity. Synaptic vesicles and dense core vesicles can have differential activation properties for...
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Vesicular monoamine transporter (redirect from Vesicle monoamine transporter)
transporter (VMAT) is a transport protein integrated into the membranes of synaptic vesicles of presynaptic neurons. It transports monoamine neurotransmitters...
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Neurotoxin (section Synaptic vesicle release)
neuromuscular junction through degradation of the SNARE proteins required for ACh vesicle-membrane fusion. As the toxin is highly biologically active, an estimated...
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directly executes fusion by forming a tight complex that brings the synaptic vesicle and plasma membranes together. SNAP-25, a Q-SNARE protein, is anchored...
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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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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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