Morphological analysis of protease treatment of damaged nerves

Autor: G. M. Insezharova, O. S. Sotnikov, M. Yastrembski, V. G. Lukashin
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 119:425-428
ISSN: 1573-8221
0007-4888
DOI: 10.1007/bf02445912
Popis: Intravitam phase-contrast microscopy of individual isolated myelin fibers of rabbit tibial nerves shows that 40-min treatment with 0.2% pronase solution is harmless to intact myelin fibers. In injured nerves such treatment causes sharply expressed proteolysis and a rapid process of wallerian degeneration with ruptures of the axial cylinders and the formation of degeneration ovoids. The findings prove the feasibility and desirability of early primary protease treatment of nerve wounds.
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