Axon degeneration: A receptor for injury

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 266 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.50 Author: Darran Yates Axonal injuries can trigger a process of axonal disintegration known as Wallerian degeneration, which is thought to be largely driven by intrinsic mechanisms in the axon. Here, knocking out the death receptor 6 (Dr6) gene in cultured mouse sympathetic or dorsal root ganglion
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