neuron cell

collocation in English

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neuron
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnjʊə.rɒn/us
/ˈnʊr.ɑːn/
a nerve cell that carries information between the brain and other parts of ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofneuronandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The aetiology is likely to be multifactoral, involving interplay of several mechanisms to initiate disease and propagate the spread of motorneuroncelldeath.
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Upper motorneuroncellbodies are situated in the motor cortex and project axons via the corticospinal tracts to the spinal cord.
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Therefore, the postsynaptic potential attenuates by the time it reaches theneuroncellbody.
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Growth signals are passed to the direct neighbors of theneuroncellaccording to its chromosome information.
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Each axonal and dendritic cell "belongs" to exactly oneneuroncell.
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If one of these events is triggered, further neurodegradation is caused as each of these events causesneuroncellapoptosis.
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Theneuroncellbody acts as a computer by integrating (adding or summing up) the incoming potentials.
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When the membrane potential from the dendrites exceeds the resting membrane potential, a pulse is generated by theneuroncelland propagated along the axon.
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Aneuroncelluses this gate to store its orientation, i.e. the direction in which the axon is pointing.
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Neuroncellnumbers were also reduced on the right side.
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This type ofneuroncellloss, primarily in the hippocampus, can be observed in approximately 65% of people suffering from this form of epilepsy.
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The source of information is always aneuroncell.
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The proximal stump refers to the end of the injured neuron that is still attached to theneuroncellbody; it is the part that regenerates.
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Oxidative stress can directly causeneuroncelldeath or it can trigger a cascade of events that leads to protein misfolding, proteasomal malfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, or glial cell activation.
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These neuron cells consistently fireeven when not stimulated.
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If neuron cells had not become so specialized in the spinal cord, then they would be able to repair themselves after an injury.
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They state that the character of changes in neuron cells could provide information about the type of influences acting on them.
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