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neuropil

area in the nervous system composed of mostly unmyelinated axons, dendrites and glial cell processes that forms a synaptically dense region containing a relatively low number of cell bodies
Class type of: extracellular matrix Q1981429

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
extracellular matrix
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[2]
Native label
neuropilus[3]
P14541
D3QIj[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en neuropil en neuropile ar لبد عصبي es neuropilo fa نوروپیل ja 神経線維網 ja ニューロピル ja 神経網 ru Нейропиль th นิวโรพิล uk Нейропіл uk Нейропіль zh 神经纤维网 zh-hant 神經纖維網
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C2777831001
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
107303
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/neuropil
Freebase ID
/m/0gyyj
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
neuropil
MeSH descriptor ID
D019581
MeSH tree code
A08.637.500, A08.675.703, A11.650.500, A11.671.685
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777831001
Terminologia Histologica
H2.00.06.2.02005
UBERON ID
0002606
UMLS CUI
C0228081
WikiSkripta article ID
38114
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05490774-n

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Subclass of 1
extracellular matrix
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Summary

neuropil is a type of extracellular matrix[1].

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  2. [2] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → D3QIj
    Subclass of → extracellular matrix
    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
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