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Following peripheral nerve fiber degeneration, regeneration in general tends to be vigorous, although it depends to a large extent on blood vessels and blood supply, the surrounding connective tissue elements, including specialized fibroblasts and perineurial cells, and on various other conditions such as the type of the lesion (see [11, 17]), the species [7], and the age of the individual [18]. A number of local and distant, distal (peripheral) and proximal (central), factors are also of importance, e.g., nerve growth factors (see [6]), increased polyamines [15], local receptors, and the availability of adequate end organs and central synaptic connections (see [19]).
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Schröder, J.M. (1994). Fine Structure of Degeneration and Regeneration of Peripheral Nerve Fibers. In: Stennert, E.R., Kreutzberg, G.W., Michel, O., Jungehülsing, M. (eds) The Facial Nerve. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85090-5_12
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