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GANGLION CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system
Example:
damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ganglion cell" is a kind of...):
nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)
Context examples:
This artificial light activates photoreceptors called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which suppresses melatonin.
(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They discovered a type of ganglion cell that was excited by green light but suppressed by UV light.
(New color vision pathway unveiled, NIH)
They focused on rare light-sensing cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs).
(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)
A tumor characterized by the presence of mature ganglion cells and neuronal differentiation, arising in the pituitary gland.
(Pituitary Gland Gangliocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.
(Optic Disc, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A neuroblastic tumor characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells, the absence of ganglion cells, and the absence of a prominent Schwannian stroma formation.
(Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A study in mice shows for the first time that high-contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers, otherwise known as retinal ganglion cell axons.
(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)
A finding indicating the presence of large ganglion cells, neural cellular infiltrates and a stroma with Schwannian differentiation in a neoplastic tissue specimen.
(Ganglioneuroma Component Present, NCI Thesaurus)
A flattened non-neuronal cell surrounding a ganglion cell.
(Perineuronal Satellite Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
A portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve.
(Optic Disc, NCI Thesaurus)
