Meanings of nuclear shrinkage in English

Interestingly, genetic ablation of PLCδ1 prevents nuclear shrinkage of motor neurons in ALS mice at end stage.

The period of caspase-3 activation was predominantly associated with nuclear shrinkage, fragmentation, and apoptotic body formation characteristic of apoptosis.

Ultrastructural preservation of organelles was observed in conjunction with blebbing of the plasma membrane, condensation of chromatin within the nucleus and nuclear shrinkage.

Morphological evidence ( nuclear shrinkage and chromatin condensation) of apoptosis could be clearly distinguished 1.5 hrs after toxin addition.

Nuclear shrinkage, apoptotic bodies and DNA fragmentation detected using TUNEL assay confirmed apoptosis.