The Fine Structure of Degenerating Nerve Fibers, their Sheaths, and their Terminations in the Central Nerve Cord of the Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

The connectives above and below the second thoracic ganglion and nerves to and from the mesothoracic leg were severed in Periplaneta americana. Isolated ganglia and severed nerve cord were examined in the electron microscope. In the connectives, sheaths of degenerating fibers remain continuous but...

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Main Author: Hess, Arthur
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1960
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2224803/