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Axon
Known as:
axone
, neuraxons
, neuraxon
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The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of…
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Axon Initial Segment
Axotomy
CNTNAP2 protein, human
Calnexin, human
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Narrower (9)
Axon collateral
Cytoplasm of axon
Growth Cones
Myelinated segment of axon
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Broader (5)
Nerve Fibers
Neurites
axon bundle
neuron component
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1982
1982
Chemoreception and mechanoreception in the gastropod molluscPleurobranchaea californica
Gerd Bicker
,
W. Davis
,
E. Matera
,
M. Kovac
,
D. J. StormoGipson
Journal of Comparative Physiology
1982
Corpus ID: 27765910
Summary1.Sensory reception in the molluscPleurobranchaea californica was studied in whole animals and surgically reduced…
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Interneurons between giant axons and motoneurons in crayfish escape circuitry.
A. P. Kramer
,
F. Krasne
,
J. Wine
Journal of Neurophysiology
1981
Corpus ID: 38105858
1. Crayfish giant fibers are generally believed to generate tailflip movements by means of direct connections to two classes of…
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Membrane currents of the tunicate egg under the voltage‐clamp condition.
H. Okamoto
,
K. Takahashi
,
M. Yoshii
Journal of Physiology
1976
Corpus ID: 20604123
1. Ionic currents of the egg membrane of a certain tunicate. Halocynthia roretzi Drashe, were studied by the voltage‐clamp…
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1973
Highly Cited
1973
Identification of the somata of common inhibitory motoneurons in the metathoracic ganglion of the cockroach.
K. Pearson
,
C. Fourtner
Canadian Journal of Zoology
1973
Corpus ID: 40843387
The somata of the three common inhibitory neurons known to innervate many muscles of the metathoracic legs of the cockroach have…
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1972
1972
Macromolecules from lobster axon membranes that bind cholinergic ligands and local anesthetics (recpetors-procaine-acetylcholine-nicotine-Na + and K + gates).
J. Denburg
,
M. Eldefrawi
,
R. O'brien
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1972
Corpus ID: 42022055
The technique of reversible equilibrium dialysis has been applied to the study of macromolecules that are essential for axonal…
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1962
Highly Cited
1962
Mono- and polysynaptic reflexes of the trigeminal muscles in human beings
H. Hufschmidt
,
H. Spuler
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
1962
Corpus ID: 27838337
The afferent nerves of the trigeminal musculature run in different anatomical tracts. The Ia fibres from the muscle spindles run…
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1961
Highly Cited
1961
Accommodation in spinal motoneurons of the cat.
K. Sasaki
,
T. Otani
The Japanese Journal of Physiology
1961
Corpus ID: 31126409
1. Single spinal motoneurons of the cat were directly stimulated with linearly increasing currents flowing through an…
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1955
1955
Electric responses of individual nerve elements in cochlear nucleus to sound stimulation (guinea pig).
I. Tasaki
,
H. Davis
Journal of Neurophysiology
1955
Corpus ID: 1401583
IN A RECENT PAPER one of us (7) described the technique and the results of recording impulses from individual auditory nerve…
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1954
1954
BEHAVIOUR OF THE SEX CHROMATIN DURING ANON REACTION
Y. F. Crouch
,
M. Barr
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental…
1954
Corpus ID: 38716541
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
The effect of degenerative section of ganglionic axons on transmission through the ganglion
G. L. Brown
,
J. Pascoe
Journal of Physiology
1954
Corpus ID: 35526266
There is evidence that reflex conduction in the spinal cord is disturbed when the axons of the anterior horn cells are…
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