#axonal transport
- Anterograde — Moving, progressing, or evolving forward, in the normal direction of a flow, current, or electrical impulse; oriented from the origin toward the periphery. In neuropsychology, the term describes a type of amnesia where the patient loses the capacity to store and recall new events occurring after a brain trauma.
- Axonal — Pertaining to the axon, regarding the axon, or located at the level of the nerve cell's main extension. In pathology and clinical neurology, the term is utilized to describe cytoplasmic transport processes, traumatic injuries, or structural degenerations (such as axonal degeneration) affecting the integrity of nerve fibers, having a direct impact on the quality of electrical impulse conduction.
- Axoplasm — The specific cytoplasm located inside the axon of a nerve cell, delimited externally by the axolemma. This dense cellular fluid is structurally rich in neurofilaments, microtubules, mitochondria, and synaptic vesicles, while lacking Nissl bodies (rough endoplasmic reticulum) and ribosomes. Axoplasm plays a crucial role in the mechanical support of the neuronal extension and in carrying out the delicate axonal transport of proteins and organelles between the cell body and synapses.