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
Input to the muscles comes from the descending cortical input of upper motor neurons and the direct innervation of lower motor neurons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The fundamental factors of thought and action, as Spitzka terms them, are two: perceptions and motor innervation.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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