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