Etymology and the neuron(e)

‘Neuron’ or ‘neurone’? While it is often assumed that these different spellings reflect usage of American versus British English, there are also inconsistencies within these cultural boundaries. Mehta et al. review historical, etymological and linguistic evidence concerning the spelling of ‘neuron(e...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Arpan R, Mehta, Puja R, Anderson, Stephen P, MacKinnon, Barbara L H, Compston, Alastair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Dorsal Column
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31844876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz367
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description ‘Neuron’ or ‘neurone’? While it is often assumed that these different spellings reflect usage of American versus British English, there are also inconsistencies within these cultural boundaries. Mehta et al. review historical, etymological and linguistic evidence concerning the spelling of ‘neuron(e)’ and conclude that the only correct spelling is ‘neuron’.
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spelling pubmed-69357452020-01-06 Etymology and the neuron(e) Mehta, Arpan R Mehta, Puja R Anderson, Stephen P MacKinnon, Barbara L H Compston, Alastair Brain Dorsal Column ‘Neuron’ or ‘neurone’? While it is often assumed that these different spellings reflect usage of American versus British English, there are also inconsistencies within these cultural boundaries. Mehta et al. review historical, etymological and linguistic evidence concerning the spelling of ‘neuron(e)’ and conclude that the only correct spelling is ‘neuron’. Oxford University Press 2020-01 2019-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6935745/ /pubmed/31844876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz367 Text en © The Author(s) (2019). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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