Meanings of size spiny in English

Patch-clamp recordings were performed from medium- sized spiny neurons, the primary target of interneurons.

These results suggest that regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation is involved in mediating some of the effects exerted by enkephalin on striatal medium- sized spiny neurons.

Within the striatum, Cx36 is more specifically localized to the interneuronal population, which provides the main inhibitory input to the principal projection medium- sized spiny neurons.