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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)

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