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Active zone

The active zone or synaptic active zone is a term first used by Couteaux and Pecot-Dechavassinein in 1970 to define the site of neurotransmitter release. Two neurons make near contact through structures called synapses allowing them to communicate with each other. As shown in the adjacent diagram, a synapse consists of the presynaptic bouton of one…

Structure, Synaptic vesicle cycle & Ribbon synapse active zone

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zona activa
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H2.00.06.2.00012

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Overview

Function

Structure

Neurotransmitter release mechanism

Synaptic vesicle cycle

Vesicle pools

Periactive zone

Ribbon synapse active zone

Measuring neurotransmitter release

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Active zone

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Triples78
Avg. degree1.96
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Active zone

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related to Structure · 17
Active zone → Bassoon, ELKS, Neuroligin, One, Piccolo, Piccolo/aczonin, Piccolo/ELKS/β-neurexin/neuroligin, Previous, Protein, Rab3-interacting, Recent, RIMS1, The, There, These, This, UNC13B/Munc13
related to Neurotransmitter release mechanism · 13
Active zone → After, Although, Calcium, Munc13, Munc18, One, RIM, SNARE, SNARE/complexin, Synaptic, The, This, When
related to Ribbon synapse active zone · 7
Active zone → Bassoon, In, Ribbon, RIBEYE, The, The Ribbon, Unlike
related to Function · 6
Active zone → As, G-protein, In, The, This, VDCCs
related to Synaptic vesicle cycle · 6
Active zone → At, During, In, The, This, To
related to Periactive zone · 4
Active zone → Dap160, In, In Drosophila, The
related to Releasable pool · 4
Active zone → It, SNARE, The, These
related to Reserve pool · 3
Active zone → CaMK, Phosphorylation, The
is a · 2
Active zone → region in the presynaptic bouton that mediates neurotransmitter release and is composed of the presynaptic membrane and a dense collection of proteins called the cytomatrix at t…, term first used by Couteaux and Pecot-Dechavassinein in 1970 to define the site of neurotransmitter release
Latin · 1
Active zone → zona activa

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membrane presynaptic zone vesicles active vesicle neurotransmitter synaptic proteins postsynaptic release fusion potential synapse pool neuron protein action dense bouton

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Active zoneLatinzona activa1.00infobox
Active zoneTHH2.00.06.2.000121.00infobox
Active zoneis aterm first used by Couteaux and Pecot-Dechavassinein in 1970 to define the site of neurotransmitter release0.90text
Active zoneis aregion in the presynaptic bouton that mediates neurotransmitter release and is composed of the presynaptic membrane and a dense collection of proteins called the cytomatrix at t…0.90text
Piccoloinstance ofand other proteins within the complex0.80text
Bassoon. β-neurexin then binds to cell adhesion moleculeinstance ofand other proteins within the complex0.80text
neuroligin located on the postsynaptic membraneinstance ofand other proteins within the complex0.80text
Munc18instance ofOne prevailing model of synaptic vesicle fusion is that SNARE complex formation is catalyzed by the proteins of the active zone0.80text
Munc13instance ofOne prevailing model of synaptic vesicle fusion is that SNARE complex formation is catalyzed by the proteins of the active zone0.80text
and RIMinstance ofOne prevailing model of synaptic vesicle fusion is that SNARE complex formation is catalyzed by the proteins of the active zone0.80text
dynamininstance ofscaffolding proteins such as intersectin 1 recruit proteins that mediate endocytosis0.80text
clathrininstance ofscaffolding proteins such as intersectin 1 recruit proteins that mediate endocytosis0.80text

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