Related Words for neurons

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Word	Syllables	Categories
nerve cell	//	Phrase, Noun
synapses	/xx	Noun
neural	/x	Noun
visual cortex	/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
hippocampus	xx/x	Noun
astrocytes	/xx	Noun
synaptic	/xx	Noun
dopamine	/xx	Noun
cortex	/x	Noun
axons	/x	Noun
photoreceptors	xxx/x	Noun
neurones	/x	Noun
proteins	/x	Noun
midbrain	/x	Noun, Verb
receptors	x/x	Noun
inhibitory	x/xxx	Noun
forebrain	/x	Noun
neurotransmitters	x/x/x	Noun
microglia	/xxx	Noun
excitatory	x/xxx	Noun
glutamate	/xx	Noun
brains	/	Noun
mitochondria	xx/xx	Noun
mice	/	Noun
hypothalamus	xxx/x	Noun
oligodendrocytes	xxx/xx	Noun
striatum	/xx	Noun
acetylcholine	xxx/x	Noun
cerebellum	/x/x	Noun
neurogenesis	/x/xx	Noun
cells	/	Noun
molecule	/xx	Noun
glia	xx	Noun
hindbrain	/x	Noun
thalamus	/xx	Noun
fibroblasts	x/x	Noun
serotonin	xx/x	Noun
phagocytes	/xx	Noun
cerebral cortex	/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
rhodopsin	x/x	Noun
amygdala	xx/x	Noun
myelin	/xx	Noun
dendrites	x/	Noun
plasticity	x/xx	Noun
genes	/	Noun
lysosome	/xx	Noun
auxin	x/	Noun
macrophages	/xxx	Noun
exocytosis	/xx/x	Noun
enzyme	/x	Noun
myelination	/xx/x	Noun
autophagy	x/xx	Noun
calmodulin	/x/x	Noun
lymphocytes	/xx	Noun
peptides	/x	Noun
vesicles	/xx	Noun
motoneurons	/x/x	Noun
hypothalamic	xxx/x	Noun
temporal lobe	/xx/	Phrase, Noun
melanocyte	x/xx	Noun
nuclei	/xx	Noun
cingulate	/xx	Noun
atpase	////	Name
glomeruli	/x/x	Noun
mrna	x	Noun
plasminogen	x/xx	Noun
cochlea	/xx	Noun
neocortex	xx/x	Noun
ghrelin	xx	Noun
microtubules	/x/x	Noun
proteases	/xxx	Noun
norepinephrine	/xx/x	Noun
spermatogenesis	//x/xx	Noun
neurotransmission	x/x/x	Noun
porphyrins	xx/	Noun
cytosol	xxx	Noun
preganglionic	/xx/x	Noun, Adjective
dopaminergic	/xxxx	Verb, Adjective, Noun
ballooned	x/	Adjective, Verb
spiking	/x	Verb
serotonergic	xx/xx	Adjective
postganglionic	xxx/x	Adjective
striatal	/xx	Adjective
cholinergic	xxxx	Verb, Adjective, Noun
glutamatergic	/xx/x	Adjective
interneurons	/x/x	Noun
noradrenergic	/x/xx	Adjective
spinal	/x	Verb
molluscan	/xx	Adjective
neocortical	xxxxx	Adjective
raphe	x	Noun
subpopulations	xxx/x	Noun
pyramidal	x/xx	Adjective
nociceptive	/x/x	Adjective
multipolar	/x/x	Adjective
monoamine	x/xx	Adjective
spiny	/x	Adjective
degenerating	x/xxx	Verb
immunoreactive	/xxx/x	Adjective
excitability	x/x/xx	Noun
disinhibition	xxx/x	Noun
hyperpolarization	xxxxx/x	Noun
collaterals	x/xx	Noun
tegmental	//x	Adjective
basal	/x	Noun
firing	/x	Noun
electrophysiology	xxx/x/xx	Noun
macaque	x/	Noun
ganglion	/x/	Noun
colliculus	x/xx	Noun
internuclear	/x/xx	Adjective
afferents	/xx	Noun
myelinated	/xxxx	Verb
fibers	/x	Noun
floodgates	/x	Noun
nerves	/	Noun
ones	/	Noun
units	/x	Noun