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Cell death

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

Programmed cell death or apoptosis is the patterned elimination of specific cells or tissues that occurs as a normal process during early development.  It is particularly evident during prenatal development of the central nervous system.

See Apoptosis (or cell death), Lysosomes, Olfaction, Synapse elimination

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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