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University of Cologne

Caption

Longitudinal sections of two injured nerves with regenerating nerve fibers. Both specimens are from diabetic animals; in the lower image, the animal was treated with a peptide. Regeneration can be seen in the green-stained nerve fibers.

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Dietmar Fischer

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