Axoplasm
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article from the 1928–1936 Soviet Great Medical Encyclopedia defines axoplasm as the amorphous substance enclosing the neurofibrils of a nerve fiber's axis cylinder. It represents the continuation of the nerve cell protoplasm into the axon and is surrounded by a thin, denser cortical layer, a term introduced by Schifferdecker.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
AXOPLASM (from Latin axis - axis and plasma), an amorphous substance containing the fibrils of the nerve fiber axis cylinder (neurofibrils); it represents the continuation of the nerve cell protoplasm into the axial-cylindrical process and is surrounded on its surface by a thin, denser layer of "cortex." The term was introduced by Schifferdecker.
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“Axoplasm.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/axoplasm/