variants
or less commonly axone
: a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body see neuron illustration
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The researchers looked specifically at where gray matter (the body of a neuron) intersects with white matter (the long axons that project out of the cell body) — an area thought to be particularly vulnerable to head impacts.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
And in the brain’s white-matter wiring, visceral fat again stood out, with diffusion MRI scans revealing lower axon density and more tissue disorganization – tiny areas of wear-and-tear that can interrupt signaling.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
In the remaining five mice, the researchers tested a method using viruses to measure the full length of nerve projections known as axons.
—Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2025
Left says, On the corpus callosum, that massive highway of three hundred million axons, in a tiny wood hut, on the verge of collapse.
—Weike Wang, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
And in the brain’s white-matter wiring, visceral fat again stood out, with diffusion MRI scans revealing lower axon density and more tissue disorganization – tiny areas of wear-and-tear that can interrupt signaling.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
In the remaining five mice, the researchers tested a method using viruses to measure the full length of nerve projections known as axons.
—Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2025
Left says, On the corpus callosum, that massive highway of three hundred million axons, in a tiny wood hut, on the verge of collapse.
—Weike Wang, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
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“Axon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axon. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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axon
noun
ax·on
ˈak-ˌsän 
variants
also axone
: a usually long and single process of a neuron that usually carries impulses away from the cell body compare dendrite sense 2
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