interneuronaladj.
/ˌɪntəˈnjʊərənl/, /ˌɪntənjᵿˈrəʊnl/, /ˌɪntənjʊəˈrəʊnl/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈn(j)ʊrən(ə)l/, /ˌɪn(t)ərn(j)ʊˈroʊn(ə)l/ Anatomy and Physiology.
Originally: existing or occurring between neurons. In later use also: of or relating to an interneuron or interneurons. Cf. interneural adj. 2.
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unipolar1853
interneural1888
adendritic1894
interneuronal1899
tigroid1901
connecter1916
satellited1928
microglial1929
oligodendroglial1929
presynaptic1935
postsynaptic1937
motoneuronal1955
fusimotor1958
monoaminergic1963
noradrenergic1963
aminergic1967
1899 Yale Med. Jrnl. 5 190 A word as to intercellular or interneuronal substances inside the central nervous system.
1921 Lancet 6 Aug. 290/2 The blood and the perineuronal lymph constituted the plasmic environment, the non-plasmic being synaptic and inter-neuronal.
1948 E. Gardner Fund. Neurol. viii. 174 The afferent tracts of the cord evolve from such interneuronal pools.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. viii. 54 Hydrozoans where both interneuronal, neuromuscular and intermuscular gap junctions have been observed.
2005 New Scientist 24 Sept. 36/1 Scanning tools..can now see individual interneuronal connections, and watch them fire in real time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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