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- adjective of a nerve impulse flowing in the opposite direction from normal
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- adjective conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
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Examples
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Wybauw24, which seem to provide clear evidence that the antidromic vasodilatation, generally believed to be produced through peripheral axon branches from sensory fibres, also employs a cholinergic mechanism.
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Striato-nigral neurons exhibited antidromic responses to SNr stimulation according to the following criteria:
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009
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In the striatum, we recorded two populations of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) after their antidromic identification.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009
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Epileptic seizures can also be evoked by electrical kindling of the entorhinal cortex or the perforant path (which leads to antidromic excitation of the entorhinal cortex, EC).
qms commented on the word antidromic
Consultants who line the Potomac
Like sadhus all-knowing and gnomic,
Must sense any drift
As paying tides shift
And never be caught antidromic.
March 24, 2017