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In medicine, Wallerian degeneration is "degeneration of distal aspects of a nerve axon following injury to the cell body or proximal portion of the axon. The process is characterized by fragmentation of the axon and its myelin sheath."[1]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Wallerian degeneration (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.