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BRAIN CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve cell in the brain
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brain cell" is a kind of...):
nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brain cell"):
Golgi's cell; Golgi cell (a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter)
Purkinje cell (a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex)
Holonyms ("brain cell" is a part of...):
brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
Context examples:
A rare, slow-growing tumor that begins in the oligodendrocytes (brain cells that provide support and nourishment for nerve cells).
(Oligodendroglial tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Now they believe the cause is related to genes that control the activity of some brain cells.
(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Memantine hydrochloride blocks the uptake of calcium by certain brain cells and decreases their activity.
(Memantine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)
Loss of brain cells, which happens if you suffer a stroke, can affect your ability to think clearly.
(Brain Diseases, NIH)
This allele, which encodes leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1, may be involved in both the regulation of the proliferation of various types of brain cells and neurotransmitter signal potentiation.
(LGI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
However, it is not currently known how or why these brain cells lose function, particularly in the terminal stage of these illnesses.
(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They can also be used to gather information about how individual brain cells process memories.
(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)
Cerebral organoids are small spheres of human brain cells ranging in size from that of a poppy seed to a small pea.
(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)
In a family of diseases called tauopathies, it is these tau aggregates that interfere with the proper function of brain cells, which can lead to cognitive impairment and eventually dementia.
(Pathogenic tau and cognitive impairment are precipitated by a high-salt diet, National Institutes of Health)
“While we know that damage to brain cells can be devastating, the exact impact of this vascular injury following head trauma is uncertain and requires further study.”
(Microbleeds may worsen outcome after head injury, National Institutes of Health)
