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Nissl substance

Nissl substance

The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites.

Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, nissl bodies, nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance.


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