Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
neural degeneration
neu·ral de·gen·er·a·tion [ noo r-uhl, nyoo r- dih-jen-uh-rey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Pathologic Processes
Definitions related to nerve degeneration:
  • (neurodegeneration) Progressive loss of neural cells and tissue.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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