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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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