parvicellular

English

Etymology

From parvi- +‎ cellular.

Adjective

parvicellular (not comparable)

  1. Composed of small cells
    • 2015 July 8, “Silencing of Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons Using Archaerhodopsin Prolongs Slow-Wave Sleep in Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The substantia innominata of the BF is reported to project to the SWS-promoting parvicellular area of the reticular nucleus (also called the parafacial zone) [38, 39 ].
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