synaptic vesicle exocytosis
Fusion of intracellular membrane-bounded vesicles with the pre-synaptic membrane of the neuronal cell resulting in release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. [ ]
Term info
synaptic vesicle exocytosis
goslim_synapse
biological_process
GO:0016079
Term relations
- signal release from synapse
- vesicle-mediated transport in synapse
- regulated exocytosis
- part of some neurotransmitter secretion
- occurs in some presynapse
- part of some synaptic vesicle cycle