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IT is well established that when brain tissue is homogenized large numbers of nerve terminals pinch off to form intact membrane-bound particles known as “synaptosomes”. These can be isolated from brain homogenates by density gradient centrifugation1–3. Such particles contain various presumptive transmitter substances such as acetylcholine, noradrenaline (NE), dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)1–3. Knowledge of synaptic organization could be greatly advanced if a differential morphology for nerve terminals using various transmitters could be established. Attempts to separate synaptosomes storing different transmitters, however, have met with only limited success4–6.
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IVERSEN, L., SNYDER, S. Synaptosomes: Different Populations storing Catecholamines and Gamma-aminobutyric Acid in Homogenates of Rat Brain. Nature 220, 796–798 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220796a0
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