neurofibril /neu·ro·fi·bril/ (-fi´bril) one of the delicate threads running in every direction through the cytoplasm of a nerve cell and extending into the axon and dendrites in a silver-stained preparation; believed to be neurofilament bundles, and perhaps neurotubules, coated with silver.
neurofibril
neurofibril [noor″o-fi´bril]
neu·ro·fi·bril (n r  -f  brl, -f brl)n. Any of the long, thin, microscopic fibrils that run through the body of a neuron and extend into the axon and dendrites, giving the neuron support and shape. neu ro·fibril·lar (-br-lr) adj. |
neurofibril
[-fī′bril]
a threadlike structure found in the cytoplasm of a neuron.
neurofibril [noor″o-fi´bril]
one of the delicate threads running in every direction through the cytoplasm of a nerve cell, extending into the axon and dendrites.
neurofibril
one of the delicate threads running in every direction through the cytoplasm of a nerve cell, extending into the axon and dendrites.
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