ganglion

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In humans, the main effect of light on the internal clock and sleep is probably mediated via the light-sensitive ganglion cells.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2023

These mutants have a genetic defect that prevents retinal ganglion cells from forming.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

It found people with Parkinson's had a thinner ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and inner nuclear layer in the eye.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

Q: In his book “Migraine,” Dr. Oliver Sacks says that when migraines develop, they nearly always increase nerve activity first in the sphenopalatine ganglion, a cluster of nerves located at the top of the throat.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

He is more like a ganglion on legs.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas