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Descriptor English: Neuropil
Descriptor Spanish: Neurópilo
Descriptor neuropilo
Entry term(s) neuropilos
Scope note: Intrincado y denso fieltro compuesto por un fino entramado de prolongaciones gliales, fibrillas, terminales sinápticas, axones, y dendritas, y entremezclado entre las células nerviosas de la sustancia gris del sistema nervioso central.
Descriptor Portuguese: Neurópilo
Descriptor French: Neuropile
Entry term(s): Neuropile
Neuropiles
Neuropils
Tree number(s): A08.637.500
A08.675.703
A11.650.500
A11.671.685
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019581
Scope note: A dense intricate feltwork of interwoven fine glial processes, fibrils, synaptic terminals, axons, and dendrites interspersed among the nerve cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system.
Annotation: do not confuse with NEUROPIL THREADS, abnormal neuronal structures
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Related: Mushroom Bodies MeSH
DeCS ID: 33270
Unique ID: D019581
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2012/09/27
Neuropil - Preferred
Concept UI M0029079
Scope note A dense intricate feltwork of interwoven fine glial processes, fibrils, synaptic terminals, axons, and dendrites interspersed among the nerve cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system.
Preferred term Neuropil
Entry term(s) Neuropile
Neuropiles
Neuropils



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