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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The cytoplasm of an axon.

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  1. n. The cytoplasm of an axon

Etymologies

  1. Greek axōn + -plasm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “They proposed three hypotheses for why the membrane potential reverses during a spike: Anion hypothesis: the active membrane becomes selectively permeable to anions which are present in the axoplasm, but are in low or zero concentration in sea water; Inductance hypothesis: the membrane plays the role of an inductor.”

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  • “The Anion Hypothesis There are certain organic anions present in the axoplasm of a neuron but absent from the extracellular fl uid.”

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