Definition of "neuroblasts" [neuroblasts]

• Plural form of neuroblast. (noun)

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• "In the fly, the nervous system develops from progenitor cells called neuroblasts, arranged into 18 segments that are lined up down the length of the larval body."
• "In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate."
• "Choi, J. Lovostatin induces apopotosis of spontaneously immortalized rat brain neuroblasts: involvement of nonsterol isoprenoid cells (3T3)."