| Term: | habenula terminal bouton |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | habenula |
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| Synonyms: | habenulae, habenular nucleus |
| Definition: | The habenula relays impulses from limbic areas of the telencephalon to an unpaired midbrain nucleus, the interpeduncular nucleus. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000213] |
| Name: | terminal bouton |
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| Synonyms: | bouton, presynaptic bouton, synaptic bouton, terminal button |
| 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0043195] QuickGO AmiGO |