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axonal transport

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axonal transport [ak¦sän·əl ′tranz‚pȯrt]
(neuroscience)
The movement of organelles and molecules down a nerve cell's axon to its terminals along its cytoplasmic microtubule network.


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On their way, they disrupt vital functions of the nerve cell, such as axonal transport of nutrients, mitochondrial respiration, and proper DNA transcription.
All have disruption of the axonal transport system in common," Brady said.
Retrograde Axonal Transport of Neurotrophins: What Molecules Move in the Same Vesicles as Neurotrophins?
 
 
 
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