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Neuropil

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Definition: A dense intricate feltwork of interwoven fine glial processes, fibrils, synaptic terminals, axons, and dendrites interspersed among the nerve cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system.  a dense "felt" of interwoven neuronal components & neuroglia in the CNS; do not confuse with NEUROPIL THREADS, abnormal neuronal structures: read MeSH definitions; A 11 qualif   
Examples Neuropil Threads
Other names Neuropils; Neuropiles; Neuropile

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