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axon terminus (GO:0043679)

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.

Related

axon terminal

Specific

calyx of Held (GO:0044305) cone cell pedicle (GO:0044316)

General

neuron projection terminus (GO:0044306) axon part (GO:0033267)

References

gene ontology: GO:0043679