axonal

adjective

ax·​o·​nal ˈak-sən-ᵊl; ak-ˈsän-, -ˈsōn- 

variants also axonic

ak-ˈsän-ik 

: of, relating to, affecting, or taking place along an axon

axonal growth

diffuse axonal injury

axonal transport of organelles

They have struggled to identify the signals responsible for axonal guidance—for steering the tender and tentative axon of a young nerve cell through the pandemonium of the growing brain and over to its appropriate target.

—Natalie Angier, The New York Times

axonally adverb

Intriguingly, many of the axonally expressed ligands found to influence myelination to date have been inhibitory, preventing oligodendrocyte differentiation and/or myelination.

—Ben Emery, Science