[英文釋義] 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.
neuron n. 【解剖學】神經(jīng)原,神經(jīng)細胞。 neuronic adj.
degeneration n. 1.退步;惡化。 2.頹廢,墮落。 3.【生理】變性,變質(zhì)。 4.【生物學】簡并,退化(病)。 5.【物理學】退化,簡并化。
Als is a rapidly progressive, fatal disease characterized by loss of muscular control resulting from motor neuron degeneration and death als是一個進展迅速的不治之癥,臨床表現(xiàn)為肌肉控制力的喪失,病因是運動神經(jīng)元的變性和死亡。