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From: Analysis of axonal regeneration in the central and peripheral nervous systems of the NG2-deficient mouse

Figure 3

Transganglionic labelling with CT-HRP of dorsal roots after transection and conditioning lesion. The dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) of a wild-type (Fig. 3a) and knockout mouse (Fig. 3b) in horizontal sections and the dorsal column nucleus (DCN) in transverse section 28 days after transection and reapposition of the cut ends of the L5 dorsal root and crush of the ipsilateral sciatic nerve, and 3 days after injection of CT-HRP into the sciatic nerve proximal to the crush site. All sections were reacted for HRP. In both the wild-type and knockout almost all labelled axons (e.g. at arrows) stopped at the DREZ or turned back towards the dorsal root. The dorsal columns (DC) are devoid of labelled axons in both. The area indicated by the large arrowhead in Fig. 3a is enlarged in the inset, and illustrates a regenerating axon (indicated by small arrowheads) that turns back at the DREZ and displays a large terminal end bulb. Fig. 3c shows absence of labelled (spared) axons at the level of the DCN in a wild-type mouse. Scale bar = 100 μm and applies also to 3b and c. Inset scale bar = 50 μm.

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