| id | GO:0042135 Detailed information
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| name | neurotransmitter catabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown 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." [CHEBI:25512, GOC:jl]
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| synonym | "neurotransmitter breakdown" EXACT []
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| synonym | "neurotransmitter catabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "neurotransmitter degradation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0042133 ! neurotransmitter metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0044248 ! cellular catabolic process
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