neurofiber

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ fiber.

Noun

neurofiber (plural neurofibers)

1. A fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.
   • 1996, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia: Modern Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment:

     According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends. The neurofiber leading to the vibrissa is a dendrite which elongates from the nerve cell in the trigeminal ganglion toward the periphery.

   • 2012, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Parwez Hossain, Noemi Lois, Diagnostic Technologies in Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 131:

     Red-free photography clearly shows a loss of the neurofiber layer during this follow-up period.

   • 2017, Imad Fawzi Shueibi, How A Female Thinks, →ISBN, page 34:

     Each neuron, actually, has one neurofiber but many dendrites stretch from within out.

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