Cross-Section Axon (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Cross-Section Axon

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This is an electron microscope image of a cross-section through a mouse nerve: following injury, the myelin sheath of numerous regenerated nerve fibers is too thin.

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MPI of Experimental Medicine

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