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Axotomy

Known as: Axotomies 
Transection or severing of an axon. This type of denervation is used often in experimental studies on neuronal physiology and neuronal death or… 
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Quantification of axotomy‐induced alteration of neuropeptide mRNAs in dorsal root ganglion neurons with special reference to neuropeptide Y mRNA and the effects of neonatal capsaicin treatment
Alteration in mRNA expression in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons encoding 5 neuropeptides was quantitatively compared in normal… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Evidence for endogenous inhibition of autotomy by galanin in the rat after sciatic nerve section: demonstrated by chronic intrathecal infusion of a high affinity galanin receptor antagonist
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Persistent retrograde labeling of adult rat retinal ganglion cells with the carbocyanine dye diI
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Neuronal and neuroglial responses following retinal lesions in the neonatal rats
Lesions were produced in the nasal‐superior quadrant of rat retinas at 1 day postnatal. Both the optic fiber and ganglion cell… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Uptake of [3H]glutamic acid in excitatory nerve endings: Light and electronmicroscopic observations in the hippocampal formation of the rat
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Biological importance of retrograde axonal transport of nerve growth factor in adrenergic neurons
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Metabolic alterations in the axotomized superior cervical ganglion of the rat. II. The pentose phosphate pathway.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
TRANSPORT, TURNOVER AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE AND ACETYLCHOLIN‐ESTERASE IN THE VAGUS AND HYPOGLOSSAL NERVES OF THE RABBIT
Abstract— The transport, distribution and turnover of choline O‐acetyltransferase (ChAc, EC 2.3.1.6) and acetylcholinesterase… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Axotomy Mimicked by Localized Colchicine Application
Comparable depression of synaptic transmission in the avian ciliary ganglion resulted from either section or localized colchicine… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Changes in the morphology and amino acid incorporation of regenerating goldfish optic neurons.
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