Nodopathy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nodopathy is a noun meaning (pathology, neurology) Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
Meaning
(pathology, neurology) Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
Example Sentences
Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), the axonal motor variant of GBS, is the prototypic nodopathy; antibodies against GM1 ganglioside—an axolemmal nodal antigen—lead to disruption of sodium channels.
Word Forms
- nodopathies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nexopathy, neuropathy, neopathy, neuroaxonopathy, polyneuropathy, neuronopathy.
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