FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term asymmetric synapse ID (Ontology) GO:0032279 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A type of synapse occurring between an axon and a dendritic spine or dendritic shaft. Asymmetric synapses, the most abundant synapse type in the central nervous system, involve axons that contain predominantly spherical vesicles and contain a thickened postsynaptic density. Most or all synapses of this type are excitatory.
Also Known As "Gray's type I synapse"
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  synapse
   |__neuron to neuron synapse
       |__asymmetric synapse  41 rec.
           |__asymmetric, glutamatergic, excitatory synapse
           |   |__cerebellar climbing fiber to Purkinje cell synapse
           |   |__cerebellar granule cell to Purkinje cell synapse
           |__mossy fiber rosette
           |__spine synapse
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