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Definition of Cytoarchitecture

1. Noun. The cellular composition of a bodily structure.

Definition of Cytoarchitecture

1. Noun. (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cytoarchitecture

1. The specific arrangement of cells in tissue, often used to refer to the arrangement of nerve cells in the brain (cerebral cortex). (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Cytoarchitecture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"... development of the cerebellum has been studied by Cajal and van Valkenburg, and investigation of the cytoarchitecture of the cerebellum will eventually ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... development of the cerebellum has been studied by Cajal and van Valkenburg, and investigation of the cytoarchitecture of the cerebellum will eventually ..."

3. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1915)
"26-148. BOLTON, JS, and MOYES, JM 1912. The cytoarchitecture of the Cerebral Cortex of a Human Fetus of Eighteen Weeks, Brain, vol. xxxv. BRODMANN, K. 1907. ..."

4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Within this time, a fair degree of tissue-specific cytoarchitecture has already been established and the peak of neuronal migration has passed. ..."

5. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Restoration of cytoarchitecture begins in about a week and is characterized by squamous metaplasia which is especially prominent in the Harderian lacrimal ..."

6. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"... components of the cytoarchitecture, intracellular signaling molecules, and metabolic enzymes. In addition to the targets assessed one at a time, ..."

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