The Secret Lives (and Deaths) of Neurons (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

The Secret Lives (and Deaths) of Neurons

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Neurons can be cultured in one compartment of a microfluidic chamber (right side) and extend their axons through very small grooves into a separate compartment (left side). Using this technology, study co-author Corey L. Cusack and colleagues were able to separate and study the distinct pathways that mediate whole-cell degeneration versus axon-specific degeneration in neurons.

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Deshmukh Lab, UNC School of Medicine

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