omnipause

English

Etymology

omni- +‎ -pause

Noun

omnipause (plural omnipauses)

  1. A type of neuron that has a role in the stability of the saccadic system
    • 2015 July 2, Eggers SDZ, Horn AKE, Roeber S, Härtig W, Nair G, Reich DS, et al., “Saccadic Palsy following Cardiac Surgery: Possible Role of Perineuronal Nets”, in PLOS ONE‎, volume 10, number 7, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132075:
      Two critical components of the brainstem saccade network are premotor burst neurons (PBN) and omnipause neurons (OPN).
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