| Term Name: | trigeminothalamic tract morphogenesis |
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| Definition: | Generation of a long process of a CNS neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body in spinal cord towards target cells in the thalamus. This axonal process is a member of those that make up the trigeminothalamic tract, one of the major routes of nociceptive and temperature signaling from the face. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0021974] QuickGO AmiGO |