Canadian Medical Guide > Anatomy > Cells > Cellular Structures > Subcellular Fractions > Synaptosomes Terms and Definitions
Synaptosomes
Medical Definition: | Pinched-off nerve endings and their contents of vesicles and cytoplasm together with the attached subsynaptic area of the membrane of the post-synaptic cell. They are largely artificial structures produced by fractionation after selective centrifugation of nervous tissue homogenates. |
Guide Notes: | A 11 qualif except /cytol |
Previously Indexed: | Nerve Endings (1966-1971),Synaptic Vesicles (1970-1971) |
Synaptosomes Medical Definitions and Terms
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