Medical Definition of Nissl granule

1. Discrete clumps of material seen by phase contrast microscopy in the perikaryon of some neurons, particularly motor neurons. They are basophilic and contain much RNA, are actually regions very rich in rough endoplasmic reticulum. Their reaction following damage to neurons is characteristic, they disperse through the cytoplasm giving a general basophilia to the whole cell body. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nissl Granule

Nishan Sahib
Nisibene
Nisibenes
Nisibis
Nisquallies
Nisqually
Nissan
Nisse
Nissen
Nissen's operation
Nissen hut
Nissen huts
Nissl
Nissl's stain
Nissl degeneration
Nissl granule (current term)
Nissl granules
Nissl substance
Nitabuch
Nitabuch's layer
Nitabuch's membrane
Nitabuch's stria
Nitella
Nitinol
Nitrobacteriaceae
Nitrospan
Nitrostat
Niue
Niuean
Niueans

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