asymmetric synapse

id: GO:0032279
name: asymmetric synapse
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A type of synapse occurring between an axon and a dendritic spine or dendritic shaft. Asymmetric synapses, the most abundant synapse type in the central nervous system, involve axons that contain predominantly spherical vesicles and contain a thickened postsynaptic density.

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