| Term: | medulla oblongata norepinephrine secreting cell |
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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: | medulla oblongata |
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| Definition: | Brain structure that is located ventrocaudal to the cerebellum and just anterior to the spinal cord and contains the sensory and motor nuclei of six cranial nerves. In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the medulla oblongata. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000545] |
| Name: | norepinephrine secreting cell |
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| Synonyms: | noradrenergic cell, norepinephrin secreting cells |
| Definition: | A cell capable of producting norepinephrine. Norepinephrine is a catecholamine with multiple roles including as a hormone and a neurotransmitter. In addition, epinephrine is synthesized from norepinephrine by the actions of the phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase enzyme. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009214] |