nerve terminal

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nerve
noun
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/nɜːv/us
/nɝːv/
a group of long, thin fibres (= structures like threads) that carry information or instructions between the brain and other parts of ...
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terminal
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
the area or building at a station, airport, or port that is used by passengers leaving or arriving by train, aircraft, ...
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(Definition ofnerveandterminalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The lower side of thenerveterminalfaces a postsynaptic region of clefts and folds.
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Modification of motornerveterminalexcitability by alkanols and volatile anaesthetics.
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The toxin is then actively endocytosed into thenerveterminal.
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Glutamate is released from the presynapticnerveterminaland diffuses into the synaptic cleft.
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At thenerveterminal, neurotransmitters are present within 3550 nm membrane-encased vesicles called synaptic vesicles.
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It delays the repolarization of nerve terminals after a discharge, thereby allowing more calcium to accumulate in thenerveterminal.
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Depolarization of the motor neuron results in neurotransmitters being released from thenerveterminal.
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Normally, a nerve impulse arrives at the motornerveterminal, initiating an influx of calcium ions, which causes the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles containing acetylcholine.
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Within the presynapticnerveterminal, vesicles containing neurotransmitter are localized near the synaptic membrane.
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Hemoicholinium-3 produces a decrease in acetylcholine content in thenerveterminaland as a consequence results in a decrease in acetylcholine transmission.
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This normally transports free intracellular norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the presynapticnerveterminalinto presynaptic vesicles for subsequent release into the synaptic cleft (exocytosis).
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The damagednerveterminalbegins to swell and glial cells push the defective terminal away from connections to other neurons.
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One mechanism involved in recovery isnerveterminalsprouting, in which remaining brainstem and spinal cord motor neurons develop new branches, or axonal sprouts.
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Uptake 1 occurs at the presynapticnerveterminalto remove the neurotransmitter from the synapse.
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The space between thenerveterminaland the muscle cell is called the neuromuscular junction.
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These pools are distinguished by their function and position in thenerveterminal.
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Desensitization occurs at thenerveterminal, and the myocyte becomes less sensitive to acetylcholine; the membrane repolarizes and can not be depolarized again.
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These appear to result from a failure of acetylcholine release at the motornerveterminallevel.
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In mature mammalian muscle each single muscle fiber is innervated by only onenerveterminal.
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