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Definition of Neurofibrils

1. neurofibril [n] - See also: neurofibril

Medical Definition of Neurofibrils

1. Filaments found in neurons, not necessarily neurofilaments in all cases and in the older literature fibrils are composed of both microtubules and neurofilaments. Originally used by light microscopists to describe much larger fibrils seen particularly well with silver staining methods. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Neurofibrils

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

1. A Text-book of histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"(1) The neurofibrils are extremely delicate ... Method, showing neurofibrils. A, Anterior horn cells (human) : B, cell from facial nucleus of rabbit; C, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1906)
"A great part of the present interest in the neurofibrils of the ganglion cell may be traced to the notable researches of Apathy, who in 1897 made his most ..."

3. Philadelphia Hospital Reports by Philadelphia Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) (1905)
"In the small ganglion cells neurofibrils enter by way of the pyriform process in which they are placed peripherally, form plexuses, and have a somewhat ..."

4. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1905)
"In the altered cells the appearance of the neurofibrils may be arranged into four groups. (1) Atrophied cells showing only the granular ..."

5. 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 (1898)
"According to the mode of distribution of neurofibrils in ganglion cells. ... In the first type the neurofibrils form a lattice work within the outer ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"In the first type the neurofibrils form a lattice work within the outer ... In the second type of cells the neurofibrils are grouped into two zones, ..."

7. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"These authors contend that the neurofibrils of the axis cylinder pass through the nerve cells and enter by way of a network into direct connection with the ..."

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