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microzone

Noun

Meaning

microzone (plural microzones)

An extremely small area.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Finally, the axons of basket cells are much longer in the longitudinal direction than in the mediolateral direction, causing them to be confined largely to a single microzone. Source: Internet

It is not only receptive fields that define the microzone structure: The climbing fiber input from the inferior olivary nucleus is equally important. Source: Internet

The branches of a climbing fiber (usually numbering about 10) usually activate Purkinje cells belonging to the same microzone. Source: Internet

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