Noun: neuropil
- The complex network of unmyelinated axons, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
"The neuropil is the site of most synaptic connections in the brain";
- neuropile
Derived forms: neuropils
Type of: nerve tissue, nervous tissue
Part of: gray matter [US], gray substance [US], grey matter [Brit, Cdn], grey substance [Brit, Cdn], substantia grisea
Encyclopedia: Neuropil