Definition of Axonal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling an axon.

Category relationships: Neuroscience
Partainyms: Axon
Derivative terms: Axon

Definition of Axonal

1. Adjective. (cytology) Of or pertaining to an axon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Axonal

1. axon [adj] - See also: axon

Medical Definition of Axonal

1. Pertaining to an axon. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axonal

axograph
axoid
axoids
axolemma
axolemmal
axolemmas
axolotl
axolotls
axolysis
axon
axon degeneration
axon hillock
axon loss polyneuropathy
axon reflex
axon terminals
axonal (current term)
axonal degeneration
axonal guidance
axonal polyneuropathy
axonal process
axonal terminal boutons
axonal transport
axonally
axone
axonemal
axoneme
axonemes
axones
axonic
axonogenesis

Literary usage of Axonal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"axonal transport. axonal transport involves mechanisms similar to those that all ... A key question surrounding toxicant-induced alterations in axonal ..."

2. Mind and Its Disorders: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by William Henry Butter Stoddart (1908)
"A BETZ CELL IN A STATE of axonal REACTION (REACTION A DISTANCE) SUCH AS is PRODUCED BY SEVERANCE OF OR INJURY TO THE AXON. In this case there is advanced ..."

3. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Madrid RG, Ohnishi A, Hachisuka K, Murai Y. axonal 28. sprouting of motor nerve in acrylamide-intoxicated rats with progressive weakness. ..."

4. Child Abuse: Guide to Investigating Child Abuse edited by Shay Bilchik (1999)
"... axonal shearing injuries at the gray-matter/white-matter interfaces (tearing of brain tissue), and cerebral edema (swelling of the brain). ..."

5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"In an axonal peripheral neuropathy, axon diameter may decrease and cause a ... The decrease in conduction velocity in axonal disease is much less than in ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
""axonal" reaction of Betz cells is described in cases of Faure, Wright, and Cole. ... In other cases there was evidently typical axonal reaction. ..."

7. Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Pellagra: Second by Meeting (1914)
"The two former showed practically no axonal change at all, in the last it ... In one of the older cases no axonal change was found in the brain or cord even ..."

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