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adj. - Of or relating to cells that are specialized to conduct nerve impulses.

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  • RNA cannot immediately play a role in neuronal functions; it might however, be important for long-term neuronal processes.
  • The terms neuronal and neural also need to be defined.
  • For many years, neuroscientists have known that two factors, CREB and zif268, activate genes involved in neuronal plasticity and learning.
  • He represented the cells as "neuronal," although they were not neurons and had defects affecting the processes he attempted to measure.
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