EOG82Z73Z	GO:0045202	1/86	synapse	cellular_component	"The junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron or muscle fiber or glial cell; the site of interneuronal communication. As the nerve fiber approaches the synapse it enlarges into a specialized structure, the presynaptic nerve ending, which contains mitochondria and synaptic vesicles. At the tip of the nerve ending is the presynaptic membrane; facing it, and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft) is a specialized area of membrane on the receiving cell, known as the postsynaptic membrane. In response to the arrival of nerve impulses, the presynaptic nerve ending secretes molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane." [ISBN:0198506732]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0008289	1/86	lipid binding	molecular_function	"Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a lipid." [GOC:ai]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0007269	1/86	neurotransmitter secretion	biological_process	"The regulated release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. A neurotransmitter is any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. Among the many substances that have the properties of a neurotransmitter are acetylcholine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, dopamine, glycine, gamma-aminobutyrate, glutamic acid, substance P, enkephalins, endorphins and serotonin." [CHEBI:25512, GOC:dph]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0008021	1/86	synaptic vesicle	cellular_component	"A secretory organelle, some 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and secretes these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane." [PMID:10099709]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0030659	1/86	cytoplasmic vesicle membrane	cellular_component	"The lipid bilayer surrounding a cytoplasmic vesicle." [GOC:mah]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0016079	1/86	synaptic vesicle exocytosis	biological_process	"Fusion of intracellular membrane-bounded vesicles with the pre-synaptic membrane of the neuronal cell resulting in release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft." [GOC:jid, GOC:lmg]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0035249	1/86	synaptic transmission, glutamatergic	biological_process	"The process of communication from a neuron to another neuron across a synapse using the neurotransmitter glutamate." [GOC:kmv]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0030054	1/86	cell junction	cellular_component	"A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix." [GOC:mah, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/cmb/cells/pmemb/junctions_a.html, ISBN:0198506732]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0016192	1/86	vesicle-mediated transport	biological_process	"A cellular transport process in which transported substances are moved in membrane-bounded vesicles; transported substances are enclosed in the vesicle lumen or located in the vesicle membrane. The process begins with a step that directs a substance to the forming vesicle, and includes vesicle budding and coating. Vesicles are then targeted to, and fuse with, an acceptor membrane." [GOC:ai, GOC:mah, ISBN:08789310662000]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0045956	1/86	positive regulation of calcium ion-dependent exocytosis	biological_process	"Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of calcium ion-dependent exocytosis." [GOC:go_curators]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0015031	1/86	protein transport	biological_process	"The directed movement of proteins into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore." [GOC:ai]
EOG82Z73Z	GO:0005509	1/86	calcium ion binding	molecular_function	"Interacting selectively and non-covalently with calcium ions (Ca2+)." [GOC:ai]