Medical Definition of Magnocellular neuron
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A neuron in the magnocellular region of the brain. Perhaps the first class of neuron from the central nervous system shown to be sensitive to nerve growth factor (that had previously been thought only to act at the periphery).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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