| Term Name: | CoPA |
|---|---|
| Synonyms: | primary commissural interneuron |
| Definition: | An interneuron in the spinal cord. CoPA are bipolar with "T" shaped dorsal dendrites, have contralateral longitudinal axons that crosses the cord dorsal to the Mauthner neuron and ascends in the dorsal cord. These neurons are glutamatergic. |
| Appears at: | Segmentation:14-19 somites (16.0h-19.0h) |
| Evident until: | Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005175] |
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