Wallerian degeneration

From Health Encyclopedia

Used for

secondary degeneration

Broader Terms

neural degeneration

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Wallerian degeneration is required for both neuropathic pain and sympathetic sprouting into the DRG.
• Evidence that the Rate of Wallerian Degeneration is Controlled by a Single Autosomal Dominant Gene.
• Wallerian degeneration is named after Augustus Waller who first described it in 1850, in the frog.
• Evidencethat the rate of Wallerian degeneration is controlled by a single autosomaldominant gene.
• Diagnosis: Wallerian degeneration Discussion: Wallerian degeneration is the process of progressive demyelination and disintegration of the distal axonal segment following the damage to the neuron.

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