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Nissl substance

Cellular material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum & ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies & dendrites so named because of staining with Nissl stain. Laboratory: - nissel.microscopic observation in tissue

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endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Nissl stain Nissl, Franz

References

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