Definition of axon
:a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body — see neuron illustration
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In a similar way, the branching of axons and dendrites from neurons also obeys local growth principles.
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The fruit fly, for example, with its rapid reproduction, helped scientists understand genetics; the squid, with its peculiarly gigantic axon fibers, allowed scientists to examine the workings of a single nerve cell.
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Some RGC axons grew all the way back to the brain’s visual-processing areas.
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The study, published in Nature Neuroscience in August, builds on recent research where neuroscientists got RGC axons to regrow only slightly.
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Six weeks after the injury, analysis showed that 70% of the axons in these mice had grown through the injury site, compared to only 1 or 2% in normal mice.
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Origin and Etymology of axon
New Latin axon, from Greek axōn
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Definition of axon for Students
:a long fiber that carries impulses away from a nerve cell
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