Nissl substance

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Introduction

Cellular material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum & ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies & dendrites so named because of staining with Nissl stain.

Laboratory

Additional terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Wikipedia: Nissl body https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissl_body