Dystroglycan Organizes Axons of the Spinal Cord (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dystroglycan Organizes Axons of the Spinal Cord

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This shows neatly organized axons traveling up and down the spinal cord of a healthy, embryonic mouse (left). Axons in mice without dystroglycan (right) are tangled and disorganized.

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Kevin Wright

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