Etymology

hebbosome

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Today it means: A multiprotein complex responsible for the detection of patterns of neuronal activity, and the conversion of the information represented by this activity into biological changes within the cell (neurone). Full definition →

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From Hebb + -o- + -some; named after Donald Hebb by Professor Seth Grant.

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