Grey Matter Etymology and the neuron(e)

Arpan R Mehta; Puja R Mehta; Stephen P Anderson; Barbara L H MacKinnon; Alastair Compston

doi:10.1093/brain/awz367

Grey Matter Etymology and the neuron(e)

Brain. 2020 Jan 1;143(1):374-379. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz367.

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Arpan R Mehta^{1

2}, Puja R Mehta^{3

4}, Stephen P Anderson^{5

6}, Barbara L H MacKinnon⁷, Alastair Compston⁸

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¹ Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
² Division of Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Square, London, UK.
⁵ New College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁷ Modern Languages Department, Winchester College, Winchester, UK.
⁸ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

‘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’.

Grey Matter Etymology and the neuron(e)

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