Neuropil
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| Neuropil | |
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| Latin | neuropilus |
| Code | TH H2.00.06.2.02005 |
In neuroanatomy, a neuropil, which is sometimes referred to as a neuropile, is a region between neuronal cell bodies in the gray matter of the brain and blood-brain barrier (i.e. the central nervous system). It consists of a dense tangle of axon terminals, dendrites and glial cell processes. It is where synaptic connections are formed between branches of axons and dendrites.[1]
White matter, which is mostly composed of axons and glial cells, is generally not considered to be a part of the neuropil.[citation needed]
[edit] Etymology
From the Greek: neuro and pilos, meaning felt.[2]
[edit] References
- Neuropil: Roche Encyclopedia of Medicine, Dictionary Barn.
- ^ Purves, Dale, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, James O. McNamara, and Leonard E. White (2008). Neuroscience. 4th ed.. Sinauer Associates. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-87893-697-7.
- ^ Freeman, Walter J. How Brains Make up their Minds , 2000, p. 47
[edit] External links
- MeSH Neuropil
- Histology at BU 04104loa - "Nervous Tissue and Neuromuscular Junction: spinal cord, cell bodies of anterior horn cells"
- Neuropil - Cell Centered Database
- Histology at OU 3_08
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