| Term: | medial longitudinal fasciculus 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: | medial longitudinal fasciculus |
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| Synonyms: | MLF |
| Definition: | The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is a pair of crossed fiber tracts (group of axons), that begin with in the nucleus of the MLF and run ventral to the rhombencephalic ventricle, towards the caudal end of the medulla oblongata. The dorsal portion of the MLF including the Mauthner axon continues into the spinal chord while the ventral portion of the MLF associates with other fiber systems in the funiculus ventralis prior to reaching the spinal chord. Throughout the most of its rhombencephalic extent the MLF is intersected by the ventral rhombencephalic commissure. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000543] |
| Name: | axon guidance |
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| Synonyms: | axon chemotaxis, axon growth cone guidance, axon pathfinding |
| Definition: | The chemotaxis process that directs the migration of an axon growth cone to a specific target site in response to a combination of attractive and repulsive cues. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007411] QuickGO AmiGO |