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Retrograde Degeneration

"Retrograde Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Retrograde Degeneration" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Retrograde Degeneration" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 2001 and 2002 and 2005 and 2009 and 2011
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