Sentences with phrase «presynaptic plasma membrane»
Synaptic vesicles are chock - full with neurotransmitters and release them by fusing with the presynaptic plasma membrane.
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Richard Scheller has used a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology to identify several key synaptic vesicle and plasma membrane proteins involved in fusion of the neurotransmitter - containing vesicles with the membrane of the presynaptic terminal.
During an action potential, calcium influx into the presynaptic terminal triggers the fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane, leading to the release of transmitter through the process of exocytosis.