PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN THE DIABETIC MUTANT MOUSE - ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 40 (6), 627-632
Abstract
Structural changes in peripheral nerves were studied sequentially in mutant diabetic mice. Axonal changes were found in both myelinated and unmyelinated fibers, the outstanding early change being the development of honeycombed Schwann cell-axon networks followed by axonal atrophy in both myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. In the late stages of the diabetic syndrome, this axonopathy was accompanied by secondary corrugated myelin breakdown. The changes, indicative of a primary axonal degeneration, are comparable to findings in human diabetic neuropathy for which this seems a suitable experimental model.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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