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cell body

Known as: Body, Cell, Cell soma, Bodies, Cell 
The portion of a cell bearing surface projections such as axons, dendrites, cilia, or flagella that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell… Expand
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Cardinal cell part

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Cell body of neuroncell body membranelateral shield
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity
The primary circadian pacemaker, in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the mammalian brain, is photoentrained by light signals… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Adult rat and human bone marrow stromal cells differentiate into neurons.
Bone marrow stromal cells exhibit multiple traits of a stem cell population. They can be greatly expanded in vitro and induced to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The hypocretins: hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity.
We describe a hypothalamus-specific mRNA that encodes preprohypocretin, the putative precursor of a pair of peptides that share… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems
The novel neuropeptides called hypocretins (orexins) have recently been identified as being localized exclusively in cell bodies… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Homozygous C1q deficiency causes glomerulonephritis associated with multiple apoptotic bodies
The complement system plays a paradoxical role in the development and expression of autoimmunity in humans. The activation of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Localization of nitric oxide synthase indicating a neural role for nitric oxide
NITRIC oxide (NO), apparently identical to endothelium-derived relaxing factor in blood vessels1–3, is also formed by cytotoxic… Expand
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Distribution of serotonin-immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—Cell bodies and terminals
Abstract The localization and distribution of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been studied with the indirect… Expand
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Mode of cell migration to the superficial layers of fetal monkey neocortex.
Golgi and electronmicroscopic methods were used to define the shapes and intercellular relationships of cells migrating from… Expand
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Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Receptive fields and functional architecture of monkey striate cortex.
1. The striate cortex was studied in lightly anaesthetized macaque and spider monkeys by recording extracellularly from single… Expand
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Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CELL SIZE IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS.
SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF NEUROHISTOLOGY it has been recognized that neurons within the central nervous system vary widely in size… Expand
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