Synonyms

Axon terminal ( Barker, 1899 ) : A swelling-terminal (Cajal, 1899)-at the end of an axon trunk, axon collateral (Cajal, 1899), or terminal arborization (Cajal, 1888) that is presynaptic and usually rather simple although more elaborate configurations are found. First illustrated by Deiters (1865, Tab. 1, Fig. 1-b; Tab. 2, Fig. 6-b; see Van der Loos, 1967, p. 44), first interpreted correctly by Cajal (1888, Tab. I), and named thus by Barker (1899, p. 88, "terminals of one axone").

End bulb ( Held, 1897 ) : Synonym for axon terminal (Barker, 1899); named by Held (1897).

Terminal bouton ( Auerbach, 1898 ) : Synonym for axon terminal (Barker, 1899); named by Auerbach (1898); see Peters et al. (1991, pp. 150, 187, 358).