Term Information

Accession
GO:0043195
Name
terminal bouton
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
bouton, presynaptic bouton, synaptic bouton, terminal button
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. The axon terminus is considered to be the whole region of thickening and the terminal bouton is a specialized region of it. Source: PMID:10218156, GOC:dph, GOC:nln, PMID:8409967, GOC:mc
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043195 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of terminal bouton (GO:0043195)
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terminal bouton [is_a relation] is_a  presynapse (GO:0098793)
terminal bouton [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  axon terminus (GO:0043679)
Children of terminal bouton (GO:0043195)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
hippocampal mossy fiber expansion (GO:1990026) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
multiple synapse bouton (GO:0150086) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
synaptic vesicle, readily releasable pool (GO:1990474) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  terminal bouton
rod bipolar cell terminal bouton (GO:1990795) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
type I terminal bouton (GO:0061174) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
type II terminal bouton (GO:0061175) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
synaptic vesicle, resting pool (GO:1990476) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  terminal bouton
C bouton (GO:1990024) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
F bouton (GO:1990025) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
type III terminal bouton (GO:0097467) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
S bouton (GO:1990027) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
photoreceptor cell terminal bouton (GO:1990796) [is_a relation] is_a  terminal bouton
NIF_Subcellular
sao187426937