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
SV is regulated by autonomic innervation and hormones, but also by filling time and venous return.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It expounds the peculiarities of living bodies, as such, and the laws of living processes—such processes as assimilation, nutrition, respiration, innervation, reproduction, and so on.
From Practical Essays by Alexander Bain
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