Term Name: axon guidance
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

Relationships
is part of: axonogenesis
has parts: axon choice point recognition axon extension involved in axon guidance axon guidance receptor activity chemoattractant activity involved in axon guidance chemoattraction of axon chemorepulsion of axon Roundabout signaling pathway involved in axon guidance semaphorin-plexin signaling pathway involved in axon guidance VEGF-activated neuropilin signaling pathway involved in axon guidance
is a type of: neuron projection guidance
has subtype: anterior/posterior axon guidance commissural neuron axon guidance corticospinal neuron axon guidance corticospinal neuron axon guidance through spinal cord corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the basilar pons corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the cerebral cortex corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the cerebral peduncle corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the internal capsule corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the medullary pyramid dopaminergic neuron axon guidance dorsal/ventral axon guidance interneuron axon guidance motor neuron axon guidance olfactory bulb axon guidance photoreceptor cell axon guidance retinal ganglion cell axon guidance sensory neuron axon guidance serotonergic neuron axon guidance sympathetic neuron axon guidance
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of axon guidance
positively regulated by: positive regulation of axon guidance
regulated by: regulation of axon guidance