AmiGO 2: Term Details for "perineuronal net" (GO:0072534)

Accession: GO:0072534
Name: perineuronal net
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: PNN
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A dense extracellular matrix (ECM) that forms around many neuronal cell bodies and dendrites late in development and is responsible for synaptic stabilization in the adult brain. Source: PMID:18364019, GOC:sl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0072534 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to perineuronal net (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to perineuronal net (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for perineuronal net (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
perineuronal net	is_a	perisynaptic extracellular matrix (GO:0098966)

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