AmiGO: synaptosome Details

Term Information

Accession: GO:0019717
Ontology: cellular component
Synonyms: None
Definition: Any of the discrete particles (nerve-ending particles) formed from the clublike presynaptic nerve endings that resist disruption and are snapped or torn off their attachments when brain tissue is homogenized in media isosmotic to plasma. [source: ISBN:0198506732]
Comment: Note that this term refers to disrupted cells, and does not necessarily correspond to any specific structure(s) in an intact cell.
Subset: None
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