Active zone
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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 structur
The vesicle release machinery.
The presynaptic active zone and the synaptic vesicle cycle
A diagram showing the change in membrane capacitance before (top) and after (middle and bottom) vesicle fusion.