Pathophysiology for the Boards and Wards
Subtitle: Diagnosis and Therapy (Boards and Wards Series)
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: March 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781405103428
Subjects: Physiology; Pathophysiology; Medical; Study Guides; Test Preparation & Review; Physiology, Pathological; Medical / Test Preparation & Review; Examinations, questions, etc; Examination Questions; Outlines, syllabi, etc; Pathology
First sentence: 1. Neurons undergo a variety of responses to cellular injury a. Manifestations of axonal damage 1) Distal Wallerian degeneration of axon &amp; myelin 2) Proximal central chromatolysis cell body swelling, nucleus &amp; Nissl body (rough endoplasmic reticulum) pushed to periphery 3) Prolonged axon injury retrograde cell body decay b. If synaptic input is lost, get transsynaptic degeneration c. Cell bodies injured directly by anoxia, glutamate excitotoxicity, apoptosis, metabolic storage diseases (Tay-Sachs, etc.)
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