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To trigger axonal firing and to observe how oligodendrocytes respond to this activity, they used tiny biosensors: engineered proteins that serve as microscopic detectors of molecular changes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

Assuming its spinal axons grew at the same speed as well, that falls far short of the blue whale’s peak axonal growth rate.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2022

He had something called “a diffuse axonal shear” injury to his brain — the kind of injury that usually puts people into a vegetative state.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2019

A central aspect of the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease is the progressive demise of midbrain dopamine neurons and their axonal projections, but the underlying causes of this loss are unclear.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Dr. W. L. Worcester's microscopic examination showed acute nerve cell changes probably of the type of axonal reactions.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various