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The axon needs proteins that are generated in the soma, to aid the synaptic knob or even serve as ion channels, and the proteins travel distally to get there. Other substances need to be disposed of or recycled, and they travel back to the soma, proximally. Therefore materials travel down and up the axon which makes it bidirectional.

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