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Growth Cones

Medical Definition: Bulbous enlargement of the growing tip of nerve axons and dendrites. They are crucial to neuronal development because of their pathfinding ability and their role in synaptogenesis.
Previously Indexed: Axons (1968-1998),Neurites (1991-1998)

Growth Cones Medical Definitions and Terms

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