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Sprouting

sprouting

(Science: cell biology) production of new processes (outgrowths) by nerve cells, for example by embryonic neurons undergoing primary differentiation, by adult neurons in response to nervous system damage or by dissociated neurons redifferentiating in culture. The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow.


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