synaptic vesicle

id: GO:0008021
name: synaptic vesicle
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A secretory organelle, some 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and is secreted these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane.

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