In severe spinal muscular atrophy, nerve cells in the cerebellum lose vital connections: synapses of the granule cells (magenta) degenerate, and Purkinje cells (green) die. (IMAGE)

Universität Leipzig

In severe spinal muscular atrophy, nerve cells in the cerebellum lose vital connections: synapses of the granule cells (magenta) degenerate, and Purkinje cells (green) die.

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In severe spinal muscular atrophy, nerve cells in the cerebellum lose vital connections: synapses of the granule cells (magenta) degenerate, and Purkinje cells (green) die.

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Dr. Christian Simon

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