Term Information

Accession
GO:0021957
Name
corticospinal tract morphogenesis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
CST axonogenesis, corticospinal tract axonogenesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Generation of a long process of a pyramidal cell, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body in cerebral cortex layer V towards target cells in the gray matter of the spinal cord. This axonal process is a member of those that make up the corticospinal tract. Source: GOC:cls, GOC:dph, GO_REF:0000021, PMID:9878731, GOC:dgh, GOC:jid
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0021957 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of corticospinal tract morphogenesis (GO:0021957)
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corticospinal tract morphogenesis [is_a relation] is_a  central nervous system projection neuron axonogenesis (GO:0021952)
Children of corticospinal tract morphogenesis (GO:0021957)
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corticospinal neuron axon guidance (GO:0021966) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  corticospinal tract morphogenesis
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