(neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite; "dendritic fiber"
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the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
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(neuroscience) of or involving synapses
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a cell of the neuroglia
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
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Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- freque…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portion, vertebrate, nervous, system, consisting.
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