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Patients lacking the major CNS myelin protein, proteolipid protein 1, develop length-dependent axonal degeneration in the absence of demyelination and inflammation.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2002
Garbern James Y, Yool Donald A, Moore Gregory J, Wilds Ian B, Faulk Michael W, Klugmann Matthias, Nave Klaus-Amin, Sistermans Erik A, van der Knaap Marjo S, Bird Thomas D, Shy Michael E, Kamholz John A, Griffiths Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Axonal degeneration contributes to clinical disability in the acquired demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis. Axonal degeneration occurs during acute attacks, associated with inflammation, and during the chronic progressive phase of the disease in which inflammation is not prominent. To explore the importance of interactions between oligodendrocytes and axons in the CNS, we analysed the brains of rodents and...
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