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Axon

Known as: axone, neuraxons, neuraxon 
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 SegmentAxotomyCNTNAP2 protein, humanCalnexin, human

Narrower (9)

Axon collateralCytoplasm of axonGrowth ConesMyelinated segment of axon

Broader (5)

Nerve FibersNeuritesaxon bundleneuron component

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Biomolecular Modulation of Neurodegenerative Events during Ageing
The objective is to assess the modulation of retinal and optic nerve degenerative events induced by the combination of α-lipoic… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The effects of prenatal stress on the development of hypothalamic paraventricular neurons in fetal rats
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cytotactin and its proteoglycan ligand mark structural and functional boundaries in somatosensory cortex of the early postnatal mouse.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Prenatal development of the optic projection in albino and hooded rats.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP): Brain distribution, subcellular localization and effect of deafferentation of the hypothalamus in male rats
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Uptake of [3H]glutamic acid in excitatory nerve endings: Light and electronmicroscopic observations in the hippocampal formation of the rat
Review
1979
Review
1979
Criteria for the identification of central neurotransmitters, and their application to studies with some nerve tissue preparations in vitro
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Glutamic acid and excitatory nerve endings: reduction of glutamic acid uptake after axotomy
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Functional and structural changes in mammalian sympathetic neurones following interruption of their axons.
The effects of interrupting the axons of principal neurones in the superior cervical ganglion of adult guinea‐pigs were studied… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Abnormalities of peripheral nerves in murine muscular dystrophy.
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