innervation
Americannoun
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the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
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Anatomy. the distribution of nerves to a part.
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"Somewhat surprisingly, we observed a high level of dopaminergic innervation, as well as synapses forming between dopaminergic neurons and neurons in striatum and cortex," Reumann recalls.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
In first clinical studies, researchers have injected precursors of dopaminergic neurons into the striatum, to try and make up for the lost natural innervation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Could other factors derived from peripheral tissue control the sympathetic innervation of specific targets?
From Nature ● Apr. 30, 2019
If innervation to the adrenal medulla were disrupted, what would be the physiological outcome?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Exercises of this class soon give the power of rapid muscular innervation and inhibition, and are of extraordinary value in education, quite apart from their purely rhythmic side.
From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
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