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axoplasm

[′ak·sə‚plaz·əm]
(neuroscience)
The protoplasm of an axon.
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However, myelin figures, vacuoles, and sporadic electron-dense granules were detected in axoplasmic regions.
It is known, for example, that the ion channels may be voltage-gated and also mechanically sensitive [48] and that an action potential generates an axoplasmic pressure wave in the intersticial fluid [43,44].
Optic nerve hydropic axonal degeneration and block retrograde axoplasmic transport.
Platinum compounds accumulate in the dorsal root ganglia resulting in decreased cellular metabolism and axoplasmic transport [1-3].
In neurocompression syndromes in which the nerves have difficulties in accommodating themselves inside the neural canal during wide upper limb motion, the neural blood supply and axoplasmic flow are reduced, resulting in the formation of connective tissue in structures adjacent to the nerve and in the nerve tissue itself.
Although the mechanism of drusen formation has not been fully determined, it is believed that congenitally small disc and scleral channels may cause axoplasmic flow stasis and ganglion cell axon death.
Transient ischemia of the retina results in altered retrograde axoplasmic transport: neuroprotection with brimonidine.
In order to provide a scaffold for smooth and unbranched axoplasmic migration into the Schwann cell tube of the distal stump, the continuity of the severed N.
It is a microtubule depolymerizing agent and causes blocking of the axoplasmic flow in colchicine induced rat model of Alzheimer Disease (cAD) [1, 2].
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