Collocations withnucleus
These are words often used in combination withnucleus.
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active nucleus
The branch has become the forum not of the rank and file but of an active nucleus dominated by a hard core centre.
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caudate nucleus
Translating, when compared to reading, activated mainly the anterior cingulate and bilateral subcortical structures (the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus).
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comet nucleus
The impact crater that would have decided between a gravity-dominated versus a strength-dominated comet nucleus was not seen because so much dust was kicked up from the regolith.
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condensation nucleus
If these clouds form, it is likely that the haze particles act as condensation nuclei.
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deuterium nucleus
One was that a photon should be able to disintegrate the deuterium nucleus, thus explicitly testing if it were composed of a proton and a neutron.
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donor nucleus
A number of nuclear transplantation studies indicate that, for interaction between cytoplast and karyoplast to occur, so-called remodelling of the donor nucleus is essential.
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galactic nucleus
At the core, most galaxies have a supermassive black hole, which may result in an active galactic nucleus.
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heavy nucleus
One is the way which has now been made practicable, by breaking up a heavy nucleus into nuclei of medium weight.
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helium nucleus
Unstable nuclei may undergo alpha decay, in which they emit an energetic helium nucleus, or beta decay, in which they eject an electron (or positron).
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light nucleus
When a fast neutron collides with a light nucleus, it loses a large fraction of its energy.
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nucleus accumbens
The article describes how dopamine innervation of the nucleus accumbens allows organisms to recognize and remember the incentive salience of stimuli.
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reticular nucleus
The second loop shows non-specific nuclei (green) projecting to the most superficial layer of the cortex and giving collaterals to the reticular nucleus.
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single nucleus
The trophozoites measure 1 0 - 5 0 m in diameter and contain a single nucleus with a central karyosome.
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thalamic nucleus
We need to understand how these properties in any given thalamic nucleus affect the transfer of information to cortex.
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vestibular nucleus
Aging and the human vestibular nucleus.
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