In-vivo single neuron axotomy triggers axon regeneration to restore synaptic density in specific cortical circuits

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Canty, A J ^a,c   Huang, L ^a,d   Jackson, J S ^a,e   Little, G E ^a   Knott, G ^b   Maco, B ^b   De Paola, V ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; INJURY; NEUROLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPSE; AGING; ANIMAL; GLIA; LASER; METABOLISM; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NERVE NET; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84879183406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3038     Document Type: Article

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