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GO: Cellular Component

type II terminal bouton

Term ID
GO:0061175
Synonyms
  • type II terminal button
Definition
Terminal inflated portion of the axon of a non-glutamatergic neuron, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters at a regulatory synapse. The axon terminus is considered to be the whole region of thickening and the terminal bouton is a specialized region of it.
References
Ontology
GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO
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Phenotype
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