Neurokeratin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neurokeratin \Neu`ro*ker"a*tin\, n. [Neuro- + keratin.]
     (Physiol. Chem.)
     A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as
     in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve
     fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical
     agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields


     leucin and tyrosin.
     [1913 Webster] Neurologic