| Term: | CoPA axon extension involved in axon guidance |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | CoPA |
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| Synonyms: | primary commissural interneuron |
| Definition: | An interneuron in the spinal cord. CoPA are bipolar with "T" shaped dorsal dendrites, have contralateral longitudinal axons that crosses the cord dorsal to the Mauthner neuron and ascends in the dorsal cord. These neurons are glutamatergic. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005175] |
| Name: | axon extension involved in axon guidance |
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| Definition: | The long distance growth of a single cell process, that is involved in the migration of an axon growth cone, where the migration is directed to a specific target site by a combination of attractive and repulsive cues. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0048846] QuickGO AmiGO |