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axon varicosity

Known as: varicosity 
Non-terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. [GOC:nln]
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Axonal varicosity distributions along parallel fibers: a new angle on a cerebellar circuit
Presynaptic terminals occur along unmyelinated axons in specialized compartments called axonal varicosities or synaptic boutons… 
2007
2007
Effect of aminoguanidine treatment on diabetes-induced changes in the myenteric plexus of rat ileum
Review
1996
Review
1996
AUTONOMIC NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION AT A VARICOSITY
1993
1993
Extracellular current flow and potential during quantal transmission from varicosities in a smooth muscle syncytium.
A discrete model has been developed that describes the extracellular current that flows in a smooth muscle syncytium upon the… 
1989
1989
Ultrastructural Characterization of Adrenocorticotrope Hormone (ACTH) Immunoreactive Fibres in the Mesencephalic Central Grey Substance of the Rat
The fine structural localization of fibres immunoreactive for the adrenocorticotrope hormone (ACTH) was studied in the… 
1985
1985
Scope and mechanisms of control of stimulus-secretion coupling in single varicosities of sympathetic nerves.
Recent electrophysiological evidence from studies of sympathetic nerves in the guinea-pig vas deferens [1, 2] indicate that the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Transmitter secretion from individual varicosities of guinea-pig and mouse vas deferens: Highly intermittent and monoquantal
1984
1984
Synaptic Junctions Between the Adrenergic Axon Varicosity and the Pinealocyte in the Rat
Intercellular relationships of sympathetic nerve fibers and cells in pineal glands of Long‐Evans rats and yellow‐bellied country… 
Review
1959
Review
1959
Varicosity of the external and pseudo‐varicosity of the short (external) saphenous vein
THE diagnosis and treatment of varicosity of the short (external) saphenous vein are reviewed because experience is showing that… 
1937
1937
The technic of timing human ovulation by palpablechanges in ovary, tube, and uterus
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