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Cell body of neuron

Known as: body cell, Cell Body, bodies cell 
The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes cell projections such as axons and dendrites. [GOC:go_curators]
National Institutes of Health

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AxonDendritesNeuronsNissl Bodies

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Axon Hillockneuronal cell body membrane

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cell bodyneuron componentsomatodendritic compartment

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2007
2007
The Souls of Animals: John Donne’s Metempsychosis and Early Modern Natural History
John Donne’s Metempsychosis,1 a poem enriched with what H.W. Janson calls “a truly awesome amount of biblical and zoological lore… 
2004
2004
Die Zytologie der bisexuellen und parthenogenetischen Fortpflanzung von Heteropeza pygmaea Winnertz, einer Gallmücke mit pädogenetischer Vermehrung
Heteropeza pygmaea (syn. Oligarces paradoxus) can reproduce as larvae by paedogenesis or as imagines (Fig. 1). The eggs of… 
1986
1986
Genetics, Development, and Evolution
Edward J. Klekowski, Jr., Hans Mohr,* and Nina Kazarinova-Fukshansky* Botany Department University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Evaluation of body composition and nitrogen content of renal patients on chronic dialysis as determined by total body neutron activation.
Total body protein (nitrogen), body cell mass (potassium), fat, and water were measured in 15 renal patients on maintenance… 
1980
1980
Retrograde axonal transport of target tissue-derived macromolecules
Neurones depend on contact with their target tissues for survival and subsequent development1–4. The protein, nerve growth factor… 
1967
1967
Adaptations of muscle to various exercises. Studies in rats.
In these days of interest in physical activity, isometric exercise, and fitness geared to the improvement of the human soma, if… 
1967
1967
Polyploidy and nuclear fusion in the fat body of Rhodnius (Hemiptera).
The diploid number in Rhodnius is 22 in both sexes. At hatching the fat-body cells are tetraploid, with a few octoploid. This… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Intracellular recording from cat spinal motoneurones during acute asphyxia
1. Changes in membrane and action potentials of cat spinal motoneurones during acute asphyxiation and re‐oxygenation were… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Preparation and characterization of nerve cell perikaryon from rat cerebral cortex.
1965
1965
Fine structural changes in the nervous system of the regenerating hydra.
  • T. Lentz
  • The Journal of experimental zoology
  • 1965
  • Corpus ID: 12907496
The fine structure of neurons from regenerating hydra was studied. The ganglion cells of regenerating hydra in contrast to those… 
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