neurotransmitter metabolic process
id: GO:0042133
name: neurotransmitter metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving neurotransmitters, any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0008291 | acetylcholine metabolic process |
GO:0042135 | neurotransmitter catabolic process |
GO:0042136 | neurotransmitter biosynthetic process |
GO:0042443 | phenylethylamine metabolic process |
GO:0046333 | octopamine metabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0001505 | regulation of neurotransmitter levels |
GO:0044237 | cellular metabolic process |