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Synaptic Vesicles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Synaptic Vesicles
Tree Number(s)
A08.850.840
A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.880.810.750
Unique ID
D013572
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013572
Scope Note
Membrane-bound compartments which contain transmitter molecules. Synaptic vesicles are concentrated at presynaptic terminals. They actively sequester transmitter molecules from the cytoplasm. In at least some synapses, transmitter release occurs by fusion of these vesicles with the presynaptic membrane, followed by exocytosis of their contents.
Previous Indexing
Cytoplasmic Granules (1966-1969)
Synapses (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note
72
History Note
72(70)
Date Established
1972/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2021/03/05
Synaptic Vesicles Preferred
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