Nerves Affected By Degeneration (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Nerves Affected By Degeneration

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Left: Mouse nerves show tight bundling and orderly patterning facilitated by normal Schwann cells. Middle: Nerves without Schwann cells but with acetylcholine experience degeneration from the blood-clotting protein thrombin. Right: Nerves lacking both Schwann cells and acetylcholine are unable to individually bundle axons but do not undergo axon degeneration.

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