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periaxonal

periaxonal adjective: surrounding an axon (of a nerve).

Adjective

periaxonal (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
    • An essential step in Schwann cell myelination, therefore, is formation and maintenance of physical contact between the Schwann cell periaxonal membrane and axolemma.1992, Russell E. Martenson, Myelin, page 426
    • The exact mechanism is not yet fully understood but it seems that oligodendrocytes might provide the axons with metabolites across the soma and cytoplasm near the periaxonal space underneath the myelin sheath.2016 March 5, “Microstructure and Cerebral Blood Flow within White Matter of the Human Brain: A TBSS Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of periaxonal

From peri- + axonal.

Questions about periaxonal

What does periaxonal mean?
Periaxonal means surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
What part of speech is periaxonal?
Periaxonal is an adjective.

Words near periaxonal in the dictionary

  1. periaugers
  2. periauricular
  3. periaxial
  4. periaxially
  5. periaxin
  6. periaxonal
  7. periaxonemal
  8. periaxoplasmic
  9. peribacillary
  10. peribacterial
  11. peribacteroid

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