"Wallerian Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Degeneration of distal aspects of a nerve axon following injury to the cell body or proximal portion of the axon. The process is characterized by fragmentation of the axon and its MYELIN SHEATH.
| Descriptor ID |
D014855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.737.750
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wallerian Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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The macrophage: a key player in the pathophysiology of peripheral neuropathies. J Neuroinflammation. 2022 Apr 16; 19(1):97.
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Combination therapy of lovastatin and rolipram provides neuroprotection and promotes neurorepair in inflammatory demyelination model of multiple sclerosis. Glia. 2009 Jan 15; 57(2):182-93.
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Expression of JE (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) is induced by sciatic axotomy in wild type rodents but not in C57BL/Wld(s) mice. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1998 Oct; 57(10):915-30.
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Expression of neuregulins and their putative receptors, ErbB2 and ErbB3, is induced during Wallerian degeneration. J Neurosci. 1997 Mar 01; 17(5):1642-59.