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Axon

An axon (from Ancient Greek: ἄξων, romanized: áxōn, lit. 'axis'; also called a nerve fiber or fibre) is a long slender projection of a nerve cell or neuron found in most animals that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body. The function of the axon is to transmit information to different neurons…

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67308
MeSH
D001369

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Anatomy

Action potentials

Development and growth

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Other animals

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Axon

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related to history · 19
Axon → Alan Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley, Cajal, Frankenhaeuser, German, German Robert Remak, Herbert Gasser, Hodgkin, Huxley, Joseph Erlanger, Kölliker, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, Nobel Prize, Otto Friedrich Karl Deiters, Ranvier, Santiago Ramón, Spanish, Swiss Rüdolf Albert, The
related to Growth · 16
Axon → Actin, Another, CAMs, Cells, Environments, Examples, Growing, MAG, N-CAM, Others, Some, TAG-1, The, These, This, When
related to Anatomy · 14
Axon → Along, Axons, CNS, Elaborate, In, Most, Myelin, Oligodendrocytes, Ranvier, Schwann, Some, T-shaped, The, There
related to Clinical significance · 11
Axon → Axonal, Concussion, Dying, In, NMNAT2, Studies, The, This, Wallerian, Wallerian-like, When
related to Classification · 10
Axon → Axons, Aα, Aβ, Aγ, Aδ, Erlanger, Gasser, The, These, They
related to Axonal transport · 9
Axon → Dynein, Ingoing, Microtubules, Outgoing, Studies, The, There, They, This
related to Development · 8
Axon → After, If, Imposing, It, Nonetheless, Studies, The, This
related to Action potentials · 7
Axon → Afterward, Depending, Most, The, There, This, When
related to Axon terminals · 6
Axon → An, At, Greek, Some, Sometimes, This
related to Axonal region · 6
Axon → It, IV, Proteins, The, The Nissl, This

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axons axonal neurons cell also action nerve body known called one neuron fibers system dendrites myelin synaptic myelinated along growth

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AxonFMA673081.00infobox
AxonMeSHD0013691.00infobox
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decapodsinstance ofin invertebrates0.80text
leechesinstance ofin invertebrates0.80text
the axon sometimes consists of several regions that function more or less independently of each otherinstance ofin invertebrates0.80text
and multiple axons can emerge from a single cell body in lobster cardiac gangliainstance ofin invertebrates0.80text
amyloid-beta precursor protein can build up in a swelling resulting in a number of varicosities along the axoninstance ofAs a consequence protein accumulations0.80text
place cellsinstance ofWhile extracellular somatic action potentials have been used to study cellular activity in freely moving animals0.80text
axonal activity in both whiteinstance ofWhile extracellular somatic action potentials have been used to study cellular activity in freely moving animals0.80text
gray matter can also be recordedinstance ofWhile extracellular somatic action potentials have been used to study cellular activity in freely moving animals0.80text
Axonrelated to Action potentialsMost0.60section

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