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Axon Summary
389 words, approx. 1 pages
The axon, also called the nerve fiber, is the part of the nerve cell (neuron) which transmits nervous impulses. The axon leaves the nerve cell body (or soma) at an area called the axon hillock. Little offshoots from the axon are called axon...
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Neurilemmal Sheath Summary
215 words, approx. 1 pages
Nerve fibers (axons) are often covered by a special insulating layer called the myelin sheath. This covering is composed of the membranes of specialized cells called oligodendrocytes (in the brain and spinal cord, or central nervous system) and Schwann...
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A Fibres : Biological Psychology
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These are FIBRES involved in the sensation of PAIN. A-delta (δ) fibres are small myelinated (see MYELIN) fibres; A-alpha (α) and A-beta (β) fibres are larger than delta and are also myelinated. The delta fibres, like the unmyelinated C...
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Axon Information
1,181 words, approx. 4 pages
An axon or nerve fiber, is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or...
 


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The Biological Bulletin
Axotomy inhibits the slow axonal transport of tubulin in the squid giant axon.
10/01/2003: 1,198 words, approx. 4 pages
Slow axonal transport is essential to axonal growth and survival. In our previous work we demonstrated that many macromolecules, including fluorescently labeled tubulin, move slowly down the squid giant axon (1, 2). We (1, 2) and others (3) have proposed that the slow...
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Daily Mail
Axon collapse hits Floridas liquidity
12/10/2007: 672 words, approx. 2 pages
IRELANDS lax financial regulatory regime has once again made headlines in the U.S. after it emerged that a Dublin-listed specialist investment fund (SIV) on the verge of collapse has caused one of the biggest financial crises in the history of Florida. The fund...
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AP News
Triad Hospitals agrees to go private
2/5/2007: 838 words, approx. 3 pages
Triad Hospitals Inc. said Monday it agreed to be taken private in a $4.7 billion sale to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs and a JPMorgan Chase & Co. spinoff.The hospital industry is struggling with flat volume and rising numbers of unpaid bills from uninsured patients....
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AP Features
Triad Hospitals agrees to sale to private-equity firms for $4.7 billion
2/5/2007: 838 words, approx. 3 pages
Triad Hospitals Inc. said Monday it agreed to be taken private in a $4.7 billion sale to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs and a JPMorgan Chase & Co. spinoff.The hospital industry is struggling with flat volume and rising numbers of unpaid bills from uninsured patients....
 


 

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