pyrenophore

English

Borrowed from Italian pirenoforo.

pyrenophore (plural pyrenophores)

(neurology, in translation from Italian) The central zone of a neuron containing the nucleus and organelles.
- 2017, Martina Chianese, “Synthesis and study of catalytic antioxidant activity of mono and dinuclear copper(II) complexes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  The neuron is characterized by a central zone, called pyrenophore, which contains the nucleus and the organelles and a peripheral one, consisting of the cytoplasmic extensions, the dendrites and the axon.
- 2020, Sara Ciulli, “Multifactorial Causes of Chronic Mortality in Juvenile Sturgeon (Huso huso)”, in Animals, volume 10, number 10, page 1866:
  In seven animals, the degeneration/atrophy of pyrenophores in the vicinity of the epaxial muscles was detected.