An interneuron in the spinal cord that receives impulses from recurrent collateral branches of the axon of a motor neuron and acts chiefly to inhibit that and adjacent motor neurons.
Origin
1950s. From the name of Birdsey Renshaw, U.S. neuroscientist + cell.
Definition of Renshaw cell in US English:
Renshaw cell
nounˈrɛnʃɔː ˌsɛl
Physiology
An interneuron in the spinal cord that receives impulses from recurrent collateral branches of the axon of a motor neuron and acts chiefly to inhibit that and adjacent motor neurons.
Origin
1950s. From the name of Birdsey Renshaw, U.S. neuroscientist + cell.