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gan·gli·on

(găng′glē-ən)
n. pl. gan·gli·a (-glē-ə) or gan·gli·ons
1. A group of nerve cells forming a nerve center, especially one located outside the brain or spinal cord.
2. Medicine A benign cystic lesion resembling a tumor, occurring in a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
3. A center of power, activity, or energy.

[From Greek, cystlike tumor, nerve bundle.]

gan′gli·on′ic (-ŏn′ĭk) adj.
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The 3rd type of migration is tangential migration in this region, the medial, lateral and caudal ganglionic eminences (Anderson et al., 2001; Nery et al., 2002) that the neurons use a number of guidance molecules produced in local regions along their migratory route to direct their movement into the cortex (Huang, 2009; Valiente & Marin, 2010).
Swenson's procedure was adopted in all the cases where the aganglionic segment was resected and ganglionic segment was pulled down and anastomosed to the anus.
Post ganglionic parasympathetic fibers innervate lacrimal, salivary and nasal glands.
Bilateral basal ganglionic lesions due to transdermal methanol intoxication.
Perinatal pathologists encounter abundant clusters of immature ganglion cells and their supporting glial elements in submucosal plexuses of near-term fetuses and neonates, but ganglionic cellularity appears markedly reduced in similar tissues from patients who are a few months older.
Prevalence and size of meniscal cysts, ganglionic cysts, synovial cysts of the popliteal space, fluid-filled bursae, and other fluid collections in asymptomatic knees on MR imaging.
The ASPECTS is rated from two standard axial cuts, one at the level of the thalamus and basal ganglion, and one just rostral to the ganglionic structures.
The term ganglionic local opioid application (GLOA) for this procedure was coined in 1986 by Sprotte [2], and to date, GLOA is an accepted technique, especially in Europe.
Compared with that of the Sham group, LRDN significantly increased the percentage of TH-negative ganglionic cells in the LSG in canines of the LRDN group.

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