axon terminus

id: GO:0043679
name: axon terminus
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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 button is a specialized region of it.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0044305calyx of Held
GO:0044316cone cell pedicle

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0033267axon part
GO:0044306neuron projection terminus