| Phenotype: | medial longitudinal catecholaminergic tract absent, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | medial longitudinal catecholaminergic tract |
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| Synonyms: | medial longitudinal CA tract, mlct |
| Definition: | CNS white matter tract, major catecholaminergic tract that originates in the diencephalon, passes the locus coeruleus and projects through the hindbrain into the spinal cord. Dopaminergic neurons of the posterior tuberculum and lateral hypothalamus provide the predominant contribution to descending mlct projections. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005341] |
| Name: | absent |
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| Synonyms: | absence, absent from organism |
| Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000462] |