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Category:GO:0043194 ! axon initial segment
name: axon initial segment
namespace: cellular_component
def: "Portion of the axon proximal to the neuronal cell body, at the level of the axon hillock. The action potentials that propagate along the axon are generated at the level of this initial segment." [GOC:nln, GOC:sl, PMID:1754851, PMID:21551097]
synonym: "initial segment" EXACT []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao256000789
is_a: GO:0110165 ! cellular anatomical structure
relationship: part_of: GO:0044304 ! main axon
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0043194</GOterm>
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