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Most nerve terminals contain various types of vesicles which differ with regard to their appearance in the electron-microscope and presumably also their molecular properties. Profiles of cholinergic nerve terminals from e.g. motor neurons or parasympathetic fibres contain in addition to the numerous electron-lucent vesicles with a diameter of about 45 nm also few dense-cored vesicles with a diameter of about 80–150 nm. In addition, such nerve terminals may contain coated vesicles.
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Volknandt, W., Henkel, A., Zimmermann, H. (1988). Synaptic Vesicle Proteins. In: Zimmermann, H. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Transmission. NATO ASI Series, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73172-3_22
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