How to Use ganglion in a Sentence

ganglion

noun
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  • The ganglion cells then send the signals via the optic nerve to the brain.
    — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 24 May 2021
  • But their eyes still have the ganglion cells that route these signals to the brain via the optic nerve.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 24 May 2021
  • Each dark band is a ganglion, which would have controlled a single pair of legs.
    — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2016
  • Something that tickles the ganglions and charges you up to make it across the finish line to Labor Day?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • With oral herpes, HSV-1 hangs out in the trigeminal ganglion, a nerve cluster in your skull.
    — Becky Little, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The most avid advocates for the stellate ganglion block are Liu’s patients.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Retinal ganglion cells that take up the gene can then respond to red light projected into the eye.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The team focused specifically on neurons at the back of the eye called retinal ganglion cells.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
  • So, the researchers damaged the optic nerve, then activated the three stem cell genes in the retinal ganglion cells.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Fewer than 5 percent of the neurons, called retinal ganglion cells, grew back.
    — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, 2 July 2018
  • His needle’s target: a collection of nerves known as the stellate ganglion.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The chip electrically stimulates the retina so ganglion cells can pick up the images.
    — Rachel Metz, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2006
  • Recall that the wasp's first sting goes into the first thoracic ganglion, paralyzing the front legs during the initial attack.
    — Kenneth C. Catania, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
  • All at Once feels like its own special entity, and for those susceptible to its vast charms, you’ll be reduced to a teary ganglion of googly eyes.
    — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The dorsal root ganglion is a collection of nerves near the spinal canal that can be stimulated to provide pain relief in certain conditions.
    — Markus Bendel, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Migraines, this theory holds, start when the spreading electrical wave activates the trigeminal ganglion, a cluster of neurons that sit close to the brainstem.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
  • And the retina’s exact output to the brain—the spatiotemporal patterns of electrical pulses generated by the ganglion cells—is unknown.
    — Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Stellate ganglion blocks have been used for decades to treat chronic pain of the right or left upper extremities, pain conditions in the face, abnormal heart rhythms, menopause and post-traumatic stress disorder, Shin said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The U.S. Army is researching an anesthetic injection​ called a stellate ganglion block ​that could relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 12 June 2017
  • Next, the researchers invented a special device to transform visual information from the external world into amber light that could be recognized by the ganglion cells.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • But there is a third type, too, known as intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, and these are not affected in color-blind people.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The photoreceptors then send an electrical signal to their neighbors, called ganglion cells, which can identify important features like motion.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • Results from a new clinical trial of active-duty service members have shown that an injection in the neck called stellate ganglion block, or SGB, is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2019
  • These wavelength-sensitive photoreceptors were identified soon after and are known as melanopsin-containing ganglion cells.
    — Jessica Schmerler, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • For example, stellate ganglion block is an injection that helps to calm an overactive fight-or-flight system, and ketamine infusions are another emerging treatment option.
    — Shauna Springer, CNN, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Another minimally invasive procedure that has shown some benefit for chronic knee pain after surgery is the use of dorsal root ganglion, or DRG, stimulation.
    — Markus Bendel, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Bypassing damaged photoreceptors, the electrodes directly stimulate surviving neurons—either bipolar or ganglion cells—that feed into the brain’s visual cortex, imparting an artificial version of sight to patients.
    — Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022
  • This includes ipRGCs, or intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells.
    — Brittany Nader, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018

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