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Schematic of Wallerian degeneration and peripheral nerve regrowth. At the time of nerve injury (a), biomolecular signals promote degeneration of the distal portion of the axon (b). As regeneration begins, Schwann cells support the growing axon (c), which must regrow from the injury site to its end destination (d). Adapted from Fix [21]
