neurofibrillar love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the neurofibrils or neurofibrillæ.

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Examples

  • But the two main reasons for the disease are the amyloid plaques and the neurofibrillar tangles in the brain.

    Remembering Dr. Alois Alzheimer 2008

  • But the two main reasons for the disease are the amyloid plaques and the neurofibrillar tangles in the brain.

    Remembering Dr. Alois Alzheimer 2008

  • Holmgren's evaluation included Cajal's more recent contributions based on his neurofibrillar impregnation method, both for a better understanding of the interior of the nerve cell and for studies of regeneration of peripheral nerve fibers - which had also been studied by Perroncito in Pavia, a pupil of Golgi - as well as for studies of outgrowth of axons during the embryonic development, demonstrating end bulbs (growth cones).

    How Golgi Shared the 1906 Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Cajal 1999

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