type I terminal button

id: GO:0061174
name: type I terminal button
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Terminal inflated portion of the axon of a glutamatergic neuron, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters that will induce the contraction of muscle. 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:0061176type Ib terminal button
GO:0061177type Is terminal button

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043195terminal button