FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term symmetric synapse ID (Ontology) GO:0032280 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A synapse that lacks an electron dense postsynaptic specialization. In vertebtrates, these occur primarily on dendrite shafts and neuronal cell bodies and involve persynapses containing clusters of predominantly flattened or elongated vesicles and are typically inhibitory.
Also Known As "Gray's type II synapse"
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   |__neuron to neuron synapse
       |__symmetric synapse
           |__symmetric, GABA-ergic, inhibitory synapse
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