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Loss of functional activity and trophic degeneration of nerve axons and their terminal arborizations following the destruction of their cells of origin or interruption of their continuity with these cells. The pathology is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases. Often the process of nerve degeneration is studied in research on neuroanatomical localization and correlation of the neurophysiology of neural pathways.
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- Neuron Degeneration
- Degeneration, Nerve
- Degeneration, Neuron
- Degenerations, Nerve
- Degenerations, Neuron
- Nerve Degenerations
- Neuron Degenerations
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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IM as a pathol process; coord with specific neurol dis /pathol (IM) or specific nerve /pathol (IM or NIM) if pertinent
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- National Library of Medicine. Nerve Degeneration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009410. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009410
- Nerve Degeneration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54971278