neurofibriln.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)ˈfʌɪbr(ᵻ)l/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊroʊˈfaɪbr(ə)l/ Cell Biology.
Any of the fibrils visible by light microscopy in the cytoplasm of a neuron.
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axon1842
cell body1851
neuron1893
neurite1894
neuroplasm1894
perikaryon1897
neurofibril1898
axon hillock1899
telodendrion1899
axoplasm1900
neurofibrilla1902
cyton1910
soma1947
neurotubule1948
neurofilament1955
neurode1987
1898 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 64 The general conception [of Prof. Apáthy] may be briefly stated. The nerve-cell is analogous to the muscle-cell, producing conducting substance (primitive fibrils, neurofibrils), as the muscle-cell produces contractile substance (myofibrils).
1929 Amer. Naturalist 63 97 To the most expert of the early workers neurofibrils were at best only just within the range of visibility.
1970 A. Peters et al. Fine Struct. Nerv. Syst. iv. 62/2 The precise correlation between the classical neurofibrils of silver preparations and the structures seen in electron micrographs remains uncertain.
1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) xvi. 540 Appropriate stains show the presence within it [sc. the axis cylinder] of numerous threadlike longitudinal neurofibrils.
2003 Jrnl. Physiol. 547 117 These changes might reflect functional neuronal disturbances because they were not accompanied by an alteration of the density of neurofibrils or neuronal necrosis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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