neuronaladjective
uk/njʊəˈrəun.əl/us/nʊˈroʊ.nəl/specializedrelating to a nerve cell or a neuron (= a basic unit of a nerve cell):
The drugs increase neuronal activity as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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The brain & nervous system
- -brained
- amygdala
- arachnoid
- ascending
- autonomic nervous system
- ganglion
- grey matter
- innervate
- innervation
- intracranial
- intrathecal
- lobe
- nerve cell
- neuron
- postganglionic
- preganglionic
- reflex arc
- sensory neuron
- synapse
- thalamus
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