Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ren·shaw cell Pronunciation:
'ren-"sho- Function:
noun : an inhibitory interneuron in the ventral horn of gray matter of the spinal cordthat is held to be reciprocally innervated with a motoneuron so that nerve impulses received by way of processes of the motoneuron stimulate inhibitory impulses back to the motoneuron along an axon ofthe internuncial cell
Renshaw,
Birdsey (1911–1948), American neurologist. Renshaw is credited with investigating the nerve cells of the spinal cord that bear his name.
