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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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NerveNervous system structure

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Biomolecular Modulation of Neurodegenerative Events during Ageing
The objective is to assess the modulation of retinal and optic nerve degenerative events induced by the combination of α-lipoic… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Polysialic acid at the cell surface: Biophysics in service of cell interactions and tissue plasticity
Polysialic acid (PSA) is a long polymer of negatively‐charged sialic acid associated with the neural cell adhesion molecule. PSA… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Identification of a peptide sequence involved in homophilic binding in the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM
The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is capable of mediating cell- cell adhesion via homophilic interactions. In this study… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists on evoked and spontaneous excitatory potentials in guinea‐pig hippocampus.
Evoked and spontaneous excitatory post‐synaptic potentials (e.p.s.p.s) at the mossy fibre input to CA3 pyramidal neurones were… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The activities in different neural cell types of certain enzymes associated with the metabolic compartmentation glutamate.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Antibodies to a neural cell adhesion molecule disrupt histogenesis in cultured chick retinae
Cell-surface proteins are believed to have important roles in cell–cell interactions during brain development, particularly in… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Calcium‐dependent potentials in the mammalian sympathetic neurone.
1. Intracellular recordings from post‐ganglionic neurones of the rat superior cervical ganglion revealed two non‐synaptic… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Criteria for the identification of central neurotransmitters, and their application to studies with some nerve tissue preparations in vitro
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The association of octopamine with specific neurones along lobster nerve trunks.
Octapamine and its synthetic enzyme, tyramine beta‐hydroxylase (TBH), are found in high concentrations at two points along second… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Familial dysautonomia.
Familial dysautonomia is a genetic disorder that affects the development and survival of certain nerve cells. The disorder… 
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