raphe
pronunciation
How to pronounce raphe in British English:
UK ['reɪfi:]
How to pronounce raphe in American English:
US ['reɪfi]
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- Noun:
- a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
Word Origin
- raphe (n.)
- "seam, suture" (medical), 1753, medical Latin, from Greek rhaphe "seam, suture (of a skull)," from rhaptein "to sew together, stitch" (see wrap).
Example
- 1. Tengzhou city stores company zhong raphe branch to pay the wholesale electricity .
- 2. A study on the synaptic organization between nerve terminals of raphe neurons and stomach projecting neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus in the guinea pig .
- 3. Spontaneous discharges of dorsal raphe ( dr ) neurons and their responses to arcuate ( arc ) stimulation were recorded extracellularly with glass rnicroelectrodes . The effect of naloxone was examined .
- 4. That action stimulates a brain structure called the dorsal raphe nucleus .
- 5. These re-sults demonstrate that the development of mesencephalic da neurons can be induced by striatumand raphe nuclei in certain stages and suggest that these effects may be resulted from the action ofneurotrophic factors released by explants .