MeSH definition : In tissue culture, hairlike projections of neurons stimulated by growth factors and
other molecules. These projections may go on to form a branched tree of dendrites
or a single axon or they may be reabsorbed at a later stage of development. Neurite
may refer to any filamentous or pointed outgrowth of an embryonal or tissue-culture
neural cell.;
MeSH synonym : neurite;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with the French nevrite or other vernac nevrit- which means neuritis;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurites;
In tissue culture, hairlike projections of neurons stimulated by growth factors and
other molecules. These projections may go on to form a branched tree of dendrites
or a single axon or they may be reabsorbed at a later stage of development. Neurite
may refer to any filamentous or pointed outgrowth of an embryonal or tissue-culture
neural cell.