neurospecificity

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ specificity

Noun

neurospecificity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being neurospecific.
    • 2015, John B. Presloid, Isabel S. Novella, Andrew Mehle, “RNA Viruses and RNAi: Quasispecies Implications for Viral Escape”, in Viruses‎, volume 7, DOI:10.3390/v7062768:
      One model solved this issue by pseudotyping a lentivirus vector with rabies glycoprotein, which displays neurospecificity and is able to naturally cross the blood-brain barrier.
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