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CNS Response to Injury - Pathology (view source)
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* Chromatolysis is the cell body’s reaction to axonal insult.
* Chromatolysis is the cell body’s reaction to axonal insult.
−* The cell body swells and the Nissl substance disperses.
+* The cell body swells and the Nissl substance (granular cytoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes found in nerve cell bodies) disperses.
** Dispersal of the Nissl substance allows the cell body to produce proteins for rebuilding the axon.
** Dispersal of the Nissl substance allows the cell body to produce proteins for rebuilding the axon.
* IT IS NOT A FORM OF NECROSIS.
* IT IS NOT A FORM OF NECROSIS.