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neurofilament
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neurofilament [‚nu̇·rō′fil·ə·mənt]
(physiology)
A type of intermediate filament, composed of three polypeptides (NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H), that helps support and strengthen the axons of nerve cells.


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Clinical and demographic findings can help make distinctions, as can pertinent immunohistochemical reactions to synaptophysin, chromogranin, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), neurofilament protein (NFP), S-100 protein, keratin, CD45RB, desmin, CD99, and HMB45.
Olfactory neuroblastoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Differential expression of two neuronal intermediate-filament proteins, peripherin and the low-molecular-mass neurofilament protein (NF-L), during development of the rat.
Developmental neurotoxicity elicited by prenatal or postnatal ... by Slotkin, Theodore A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Julien suggests seeking out agents that could block production of the neurofilament protein, but he and others acknowledge that little has been published on the whole topic.
Sabotaging the supply lines of neurons by Travis, John / Science News
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