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Axonal Transport

Medical Definition: The directed transport of ORGANELLES and molecules along nerve cell AXONS. Transport can be anterograde (from the cell body) or retrograde (toward the cell body). (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3d ed, pG3)
Also Called: Axoplasmic Flow
Previously Indexed: Axons (1966-1968),Cytoplasmic Streaming (1967-1968)

Axonal Transport Medical Definitions and Terms

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