Synaptic Repair Mechanism Protects Against Neurodegeneration (IMAGE)

University of California - San Francisco

Synaptic Repair Mechanism Protects Against Neurodegeneration

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Spinal cord neurons (purple) in mice with ALS suffer degeneration and glia infiltration (yellow) twice as fast when a synaptic repair mechanism is removed (right-hand image), compared to when it is intact (left-hand image)

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Davis Lab / UCSF

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