| neuroendocrinology | The study of the anatomical and functional relationships between the nervous system and the endocrine system. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| neuroepithelial | Relating to the neuroepithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroepithelial body | A corpuscular aggregate of nonciliated cells containing neurosecretory substance found in normal bronchial epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroepithelial cells | neuroectoderm |
| neuroepithelial layer of retina | The outermost layer of the cerebral layer of retina, composed of the primary receptor cells of the retina; the stratum consists of two sublayers: 1) an external layer made up of the rods and cones, the photosensitive processes of the receptor cells, and 2) the external nuclear layer containing the cell bodies of these cells; the external limiting membrane forms a perforated supporting plate between the two sublayers; the name refers to the fact that the retinal receptor cells are a specialised form of (epithelial) ependyma cell and thus, in a sense, are comparable to the neuroepithelial cells (e.g., hair cells) of other sense organs. Synonym: external nuclear layer of retina, stratum neuroepitheliale retinae, stratum nucleare externum retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroepithelium | <embryology> Ectoderm on the dorsal surface of the early vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the cells (neurons and glia) of the nervous system. Synonym: neural plate. (04 Mar 1998) |
| neuroepithelium cristae ampullaris | neuroepithelium of ampullary crest |
| neuroepithelium maculae | The specialised sensory hair cells of the epithelium of the macula sacculi and macula utriculi. Synonym: neuroepithelium maculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroepithelium of macula | The specialised sensory hair cells of the epithelium of the macula sacculi and macula utriculi. Synonym: neuroepithelium maculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurofascin | <protein> Axon associated adhesion molecule of the vertebrate nervous system. Contains 6 Ig like motifs and 4 fibronectin type II repeats. (Related to Ng CAM, Nr CAM). (18 Nov 1997) |
| neurofibril | A filamentous structure seen with the light microscope in the nerve cell's body, dendrites, axon, and sometimes synaptic endings, as aggregations of much finer ultramicroscopic elements, the neurofilaments and microtubules; their functional significance remains to be established. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurofibrillar | Relating to neurofibrils. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurofibrillar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The intertwined patterns formed by neurofibrils in the neuron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurofibrillary degeneration | Formation of coarse, argentophilic, intracytoplasmic fibres, often in complex tangles within intracranial nerve cells that are undergoing aging. See: Alzheimer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurofibrillary tangle | <cell biology> Accumulation of twisted protein fragments inside nerve cells. Neurofibrillary tangles are one of the characteristic structural abnormalities found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease patients. Upon autopsy, the presence of neuritic plaquesand neurofibrillary tangles is used to positively diagnose Alzheimer's disease. (22 May 1997) |