Question

Rabies illustrates a negative consequence to otherwise healthy retrograde flow within axons. Which of the following components will NOT be involved in retrograde flow?

Answer 1

Answer:

Rabies illustrates a negative consequence to otherwise healthy retrograde flow within axons. Which of the following components will not be involved in retrograde flow?

(i) Kinesin

(ii) Axon hillock

(iii) Neuronal cell body

(iv) Axoplasm

(i) Kinesin

Step-by-step explanation:

Description of the functions of the other options

Axon hillock

axon hillock or initial segment is the region where the nerve impulses are generated by the plasma membrane

Neuronal cell body

survival signals are carried by retrograde transport from the synapse back to the cell body, such as the TRK (tyrosine kinases), the nerve growth factor receptor.

Axoplasm

Axonal transport, or axoplasmic flow, or axoplasmic transport is a cellular process that is responsible for the movement of synaptic vesicles, lipids, mitochondria and proteins both towards and away from the cell body of a neuron, via the cytoplasm

Kinesin

A kinesin is a protein that belongs to a family of motor proteins present in eukaryotic cells.