Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a perisoma; parietal, with reference to the body-wall of an echinoderm: correlated with perivisceral and peristomatic, and opposed to visceral.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
perisome
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These steps include, successively, regression of immature neuritic processes, a stellate cell stage, and the extension of several long and mature perisomatic protrusions before the growth of the ultimate dendritic tree.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Fatiha Boukhtouche 2010
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Distinct stages of dendrite differentiation were scored following Baptista et al. [24] (stage 0 = no dendrites; stage 1 = multiple thin processes; stage 2 = multiple perisomatic spikes; stage 3 = emerging thick principal dendrite; stage 4 = branched and spiny dendritic tree, see E17 and P0 PC density was calculated in 5 quadrants (1 mm2 each) localized at central and peripheral sites of the coverslips as defined by two orthogonal coverslip diameters.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Annarita de Luca et al. 2009
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