neurotransmitter biosynthetic process
id: GO:0042136
name: neurotransmitter biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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:0006589 | octopamine biosynthetic process |
GO:0008292 | acetylcholine biosynthetic process |
GO:0042444 | phenylethylamine biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0042133 | neurotransmitter metabolic process |
GO:0044249 | cellular biosynthetic process |