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neural inhibition
neu·ral in·hi·bi·tion
Subclass of:
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Electrophysiological Phenomena
Definitions related to neural inhibition:
  • Depression or prevention of neural impulses.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The function of opposing or restraining the excitation of neurons or their target excitable cells.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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