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Histochemical and Biochemical Study of Synaptic Lysosomes

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Synthesis and degradation of protein occur in isolated “synaptosomes”. Evidence for this is based on histochemical studies of cerebral cortical tissue which show the presence of lysosomes at the pre-synaptic ending of the neurone, and on biochemical studies.

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GORDON, M., BENCH, K., DEANIN, G. et al. Histochemical and Biochemical Study of Synaptic Lysosomes. Nature 217, 523–527 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217523a0

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