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Retrograde Degeneration

Pathologic changes that occur in the axon and cell body of a neuron proximal to an axonal lesion. The process is characterized by central chromatolysis which features flattening and displacement of the nucleus, loss of Nissl bodies, and cellular edema. Central chromatolysis primarily occurs in lower motor neurons.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

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Tree Number(s): C23.550.737.500

MeSH Unique ID: D012183

Entry Terms:

  • Degeneration, Retrograde
  • Degenerations, Retrograde
  • Retrograde Degenerations
  • Axon Reaction
  • Axon Reactions
  • Reaction, Axon
  • Reactions, Axon
  • Axonal Reaction
  • Axonal Reactions
  • Reaction, Axonal
  • Reactions, Axonal
  • Nissl Degeneration
  • Degeneration, Nissl
  • Retrograde Degeneration, Transneuronal
  • Degenerations, Transneuronal Retrograde
  • Degeneration, Transneuronal Retrograde
  • Retrograde Degenerations, Transneuronal
  • Transneuronal Retrograde Degeneration
  • Transneuronal Retrograde Degenerations
  • Trans-Synaptic Degeneration
  • Degenerations, Trans-Synaptic
  • Degeneration, Trans-Synaptic
  • Trans Synaptic Degeneration
  • Trans-Synaptic Degenerations

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