Term: CoPA postsynapse
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.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005175]

Name: postsynapse
Synonyms:
Definition: The part of a synapse that is part of the post-synaptic cell.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0098794]    QuickGO    AmiGO