A synaptic vesicle belonging to the pool that remain unreleased even after prolonged stimulation causes a saturating degree of vesicular turnover. 50-80% of the total number of synaptic vesicles at a resting terminal bouton are in this pool. [ GOC:pad http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745285 ]
Synonyms: reserve pool of synaptic vesicles resting pool of synaptic vesicles