plexus

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Recent Examples of plexus It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities. Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 Increasing your caffeine consumption to an equivalent of three to four cups of coffee per day can also help by increasing CSF production through stimulating the choroid plexus. Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024 It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities. Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024 In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023 Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn. Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023 However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings. Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023 Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023 Little’s plexus and ... 10. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
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Noun
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    Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
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    Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
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    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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    Julia Teti, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Microprocessors supplanted massive, expensive computer systems and eventually became embedded into everything.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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    Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The gaming industry on the whole has endured widespread mass layoffs, and a number of studios have been shut down.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Pierre Frey’s furniture pieces made with outside partners grew on the whole by 40 percent in 2024 versus 2023, a spokesperson for the firm said, adding that the U.S. is its primary market for furniture.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
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    Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Young is accusing the network of defamation and libel.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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