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bou·ton  (b-tôn)
n.
A knoblike enlargement at the end of an axon, where it forms a synapse with other neurons.
[French, button, from Old French; see button.]


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Note also that synaptic boutons and dendrites are also labeled with GFP.
Assessment of estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical actions in the ... by Demeneix, Barbara / Environmental Health Perspectives
This hypothesis is supported by findings of reductions in the terminal branching of motoneurons and the length of the end-plates in the soleus muscles of 28-month-old female Wistar rats[3] and of retraction of the terminal boutons from the sarcolemma and destruction of the sarcolemma infoldings in 36-month-old rat soleus muscles.
Effects of age and resistance training on skeletal muscle: a review by Hopp, Jane F. / Physical Therapy
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