Message from Headquarters (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Message from Headquarters

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Axons of normal neurons, shown on top, degenerate when deprived of NGF. However the axons of neurons that lack the protein Puma remain intact (shown below), indicating that their degeneration is controlled by Puma and the cell body.

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Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair at The Rockefeller University/Cell

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