The effect of age on motor neurone death following axotomy in the mouse

The ability of mouse motor neurones to survive axotomy during the first month of life was studied. The motor neurones that lie in the dorsolateral columns of spinal segments C7 and C8 and supply the flexor muscles of the forepaw were axotomized by cutting and removing part of the median and ulnar ne...

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