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Neurons

Known as: Neurocyte, Neural Cell, Cells, Nerve 
Any of the conducting cells of the nervous system. A typical neuron consists of a cell body, containing the nucleus and the surrounding cytoplasm… 
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AxonDendritesInterneuronsMotor Neurons

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Picorna-like virus associated with mortality and a spongious encephalopathy in grouper Epinephelus malabaricus
A picorna-like virus was detected from diseased fry and fingerling grouper Epinephelus malabaricus cultured in southern Thailand… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Utility of a paraffin section-reactive CD56 antibody (123C3) for characterization and diagnosis of lymphomas.
Although expression of CD56 (neural cell adhesion molecule, a natural killer cell marker) is uncommon among lymphomas, this… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
From embryonic fascicles to adult tracts: organization of neuropile from a developmental perspective.
We discuss ideas emerging from our studies on selective axonal fasciculation in the grasshopper embryo that have implications for… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Drinking behaviour induced by intracranial injections of eledoisin and substance P in the pigeon
THE only peptide known which rapidly and consistently elicits a specific behavioural response when injected into the brain is… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Nutrition and nerve cell growth.
1962
1962
Comparison of bretylium and guanethidine: tolerance, and effects on adrenergic nerve function and responses to sympathomimetic amines.
Bretylium depresses the slope of regression lines relating frequency of sympathetic nerve stimulation to magnitude of… 
1959
1959
Accommodation and local response in motoneurons of toad's spinal cord.
1. Electrical activities of single motoneurons in excised toad's spinal cord were explored with intracellular microelectrodes.2… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
VARIATIONS IN THE BASOPHILIA OF NERVE CELLS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CELL ACTIVITY AND FUNCTIONAL STRESS
All the large and medium types of nerve cell as well as some small, e.g., the small pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
Myoclonus epilepsy as a symptom of diffuse neuronal disease.
UNVERRICHT 1 and Lundborg 2 described a progressive familial syndrome of myoclonus epilepsy, the fully developed form of which… 
Review
1947
Review
1947
ELECTROMYOGRAMS IN MUSCULAR DISORDERS
IN the routine work at this clinic during the last few years, electromyography has been found a reliable method for…