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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.
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* 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.
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