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Structural, Functional and Cytochemical Plasticity of Primary Afferent Terminals in the Upper Dorsal Horn

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Structural and functional plasticity of central terminals of primary sensory neurons is regulated by nerve growth factor supplied by retrograde axoplasmic transport to dorsal root ganglion cells. Two important aspects of this regulatory system: transganglionic degenerative atrophy and regenerative synaptoneogenesis are reviewed in view of electron microscopic histochemical and immunocytochemical studies.

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Knyihár-Csillik, E., Csillik, B. (1990). Structural, Functional and Cytochemical Plasticity of Primary Afferent Terminals in the Upper Dorsal Horn. In: Zenker, W., Neuhuber, W.L. (eds) The Primary Afferent Neuron. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0579-8_18

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