Cell Component
synaptosome
Subclass of:
Subcellular Fractions
Definitions related to synaptosomes:
  • Any of the membrane bound sacs that break away from axon terminals after selective centrifugation of nervous tissue homogenates; contains synaptic vesicles and mitochondria.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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