somata

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A form of soma — The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of soma

    As a consequence, the peak values of the distribution of inputs were sometimes centred on the somata, although somata are mostly devoid of excitatory synapses (Figs 2 and 3 ).

    2009 January 18, Leopoldo Petreanu et al., “The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1142–1145
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