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NERVE ENDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
Synonyms:
nerve end; nerve ending
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nerve ending" is a kind of...):
end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve ending"):
free nerve ending (microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor)
Pacinian corpuscle (a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals)
proprioceptor (special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body)
Holonyms ("nerve ending" is a part of...):
axon; axone (long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron)
Context examples:
A free nerve ending that is a receptor for painful stimuli.
(Nociceptor, NCI Thesaurus)
The free nerve endings detect pain, touch, pressure and temperature, and are associated with C fibres.
(Free Nerve Ending, NCI Thesaurus)
These cells are very close to the nerve endings that receive the sensation of touch and may be involved in touch.
(Merkel cell, NCI Dictionary)
Desipramine enhances monoamine neurotransmission in certain areas of the brain by inhibiting the re-uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin at the noradrenergic and serotoninergic nerve endings, respectively.
(Desipramine, NCI Thesaurus)
It blocks the release of chemicals from nerve endings that make blood vessels constrict (get narrower).
(Catapres, NCI Dictionary)
Along with its carrier protein, neurophysin II, it is packaged into neurosecretory vesicles and transported axonally to the nerve endings in the neurohypophysis where it is either stored or secreted into the bloodstream.
(Arginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II Preproprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
An Antipruritic Effect involves suppression of an itching sensation caused by histamine stimulation of epidermal nerve endings.
(Antipruritic Effect, NCI Thesaurus)
Amoxapine exerts its antidepressant effect by inhibiting the re-uptake of norepinephrine and, to a lesser degree, of serotonin, at adrenergic nerve endings and blocks the response of dopamine receptors to dopamine.
(Amoxapine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is released from the nerve ending and carries signals to cells on the other side of a synapse (space between nerve cells and other cells).
(Acetylcholine, NCI Dictionary)
Bretylium tosylate is selectively taken up into peripheral nerve terminals and initially causes a release of norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve endings, thereby causing a sympathomimetic effect.
(Bretylium Tosylate, NCI Thesaurus)
