NALT

Preferred term

neurites

Topic

In tissue culture, hairlike projections of neurons stimulated by growth factors and other molecules. These projections may go on to form a branched tree of dendrites or a single axon or they may be reabsorbed at a later stage of development. "Neurite" may refer to any filamentous or pointed outgrowth of an embryonal or tissue-culture neural cell.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

25207

Spanish

neuritas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14270

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 12/10/15