The cell cortex, also known as the actin cortex, cortical cytoskeleton or actomyosin cortex, is a specialized layer of cytoplasmic proteins on the inner...
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primary visual cortex. "Basic cell types", Webvision: Image of the basic cell types of the monkey cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex – Cell Centered Database...
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Pyramidal cells, or pyramidal neurons, are a type of multipolar neuron found in areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and...
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Lymph node (redirect from Cortex of lymph node)
lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, and are primarily made up of B cells and T cells. B cells are mainly found in the outer cortex where they are clustered...
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Cerebellum (redirect from Cerebellar cortex)
000. The large, spherical cell bodies of Purkinje cells are packed into a narrow layer (one cell thick) of the cerebellar cortex, called the Purkinje layer...
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Basket cells are inhibitory GABAergic interneurons of the brain, found throughout different regions of the cortex and cerebellum. Basket cells are multipolar...
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bulb, and the cerebral cortex. Cerebellar granule cells account for the majority of neurons in the human brain. These granule cells receive excitatory input...
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adrenal gland Cell cortex, the region of a cell directly underneath the membrane Cortex (hair), the middle layer of a strand of hair Cortex (botany), the...
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Artificial cell Bacterial cell structure Bangstad syndrome Cell cortex Cell damage, including damage to cell membrane Cell theory Cytoneme Elasticity of cell membranes...
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Visual neurons in the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey fire selectively to hands and faces. These cells are selective in that they do not fire for...
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granule cells form the thick granular layer of the cerebellar cortex and are among the smallest neurons in the brain. (The term granule cell is used for...
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vascular plants, the cortex occupies a larger portion of the organ's volume than in herbaceous stems. The loosely packed cells of root cortex allow movement...
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brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) covers the front part of the frontal lobe of the brain. It is the association cortex in the frontal lobe. The PFC...
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Mitosis (redirect from Mitotic cell division)
and myosin (actomyosin) into a contractile homogeneous cell cortex that 1) rigidifies the cell periphery and 2) facilitates generation of intracellular...
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Cytokinesis (category Cell cycle)
microtubules from the spindle poles carry a furrow-inducing signal to the cell cortex, where signals from two poles are somehow focused into a ring at the...
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the primary motor cortex. These neurons are the largest in the central nervous system, sometimes reaching 100 μm in diameter. Betz cells are upper motor...
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cortex different neurons occupy the different cortical layers and include the pyramidal neurons and rosehip neurons. In the cerebellum Purkinje cells...
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function of the reelin positive cells in the layer II of the entorhinal cortex. According to this concept, these cells would be generally organized into...
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The visual cortex of the brain is the area of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information. It is located in the occipital lobe. Sensory input...
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functions as a site for somatic recombination of T cell receptors, and positive selection The cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the cerebrum, plays a key...
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Cytoplasm (category Cell anatomy)
processes such as cell division. The concentrated inner area is called the endoplasm and the outer layer is called the cell cortex, or ectoplasm. Movement...
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Neocortex (redirect from Neo-cortex)
the neopallium, isocortex, or the six-layered cortex, is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions such...
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Astral microtubules develop in the actin skeleton and interact with the cell cortex to aid in spindle orientation. They are organized into radial arrays...
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movements. Primary motor cortex is defined anatomically as the region of cortex that contains large neurons known as Betz cells, which, along with other...
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body. These cells play significant roles in various brain functions, including inhibition in the cerebellum and excitation in the cortex, and are involved...
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Septin (category Cell biology)
the diffusion of molecules from one compartment of the cell to another, or in the cell cortex as a barrier to the diffusion of membrane-bound proteins...
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appearance of the cortex under a microscope. The primary motor cortex contains cells with giant cell bodies known as "Betz cells". These cells were mistakenly...
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A grid cell is a type of neuron within the entorhinal cortex that fires at regular intervals as an animal navigates an open area, allowing it to understand...
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The development of the cerebral cortex, known as corticogenesis is the process during which the cerebral cortex of the brain is formed as part of the...
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to cell size asymmetry is spindle-independent. The mechanism instead relies on the spatial and temporal organization of myosin on the cell cortex and...
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