apical
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Between three and eight weeks of age, a period that spans early childhood to adolescence, spine density increased sharply in a single region of the apical dendrite.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
As a result, apical progenitor cells were less able to renew themselves.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
They wanted to know if the distal apical dendrites processed visual stimuli differently from their cell bodies when the signals both matched and violated expected patterns.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
The shock of the closing valves, particularly the aortic, can be felt, and that and the forcible apical impulse are very suggestive signs of hypertrophy and hypertension.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall