id | GO:0043679   Detailed information |
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  name | axon terminus |
  namespace | cellular_component |
  def | "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." [GOC:dph, GOC:jl] |
  synonym | "axon terminal" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "axon terminal specialization" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "nerve ending" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0033267 ! axon part |
  is_a | GO:0044306 ! neuron projection terminus |
  DPGLEAN04497
  DPGLEAN06654
  DPGLEAN06686
  DPGLEAN08879
  DPGLEAN14657
  DPGLEAN20205
  DPGLEAN21482
  DPGLEAN21948