a tiny sac of special cellular materials found at a synapse
Word origin
see synapsis & -some3
Examples of 'synaptosome' in a sentence
synaptosome
Therefore, enriched preparations of synaptic particles called synaptosome are necessary to study synapse function.
Pradip Kumar Kamat, Anuradha Kalani, Neetu Tyagi 2014, 'Method and validation of synaptosomal preparation for isolation of synaptic membraneproteins from rat brain', MethodsXhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016114200276. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immunostaining and synaptosome preparations identify partial localization of muskelin at synaptic sites.
Georges-Labouesse Elisabeth, De Arcangelis Adèle, Fehr Susanne, Pechmann Yvonne, HeislerFrank, Loebrich Sven, Tagnaouti Nadia, Adams Josephine C, Kneussel Matthias 2007, 'Neuronal expression of muskelin in the rodent central nervous system', BMC Neurosciencehttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/28. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These deficits in synaptic transmission were associated with elevated levels of ubiquitinated proteins in the synaptosome fraction.
Jennifer A Watson, Bula J Bhattacharyya, Jada H Vaden, Julie A Wilson, Mert Icyuz,Alan D Howard, Edward Phillips, Tara M DeSilva, Gene P Siegal, Andrew J Bean, GwendalynD King, Scott E Phillips, Richard J Miller, Scott M Wilson 2015, 'Motor and Sensory Deficits in the teetering Mice Result from Mutation of the ESCRTComponent HGS.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482608?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)