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Glossary Neuroscience / Term

vesicle

Literally, a small sac. Used to refer to the organelles that store and release transmitter at nerve endings. Also used to refer to any of the three dilations of the anterior end of the neural tube that give rise to the three major subdivisions of the brain.

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