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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2014 Jul 16;83(2):331–343. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.016

Figure 5. Wallerian degeneration is disrupted in aged animals.

Figure 5

Toluidine blue staining of distal nerve sciatic sections 3 days after crush injury in young (A) and aged (B) animals. Electron microscopic images of same distal nerve sections from young (C) and aged (D) animals. (E) Quantification of the number of intact myelin sheaths in aged and young nerves from toluidine blue staining. n=4. ** P <0.01 with unpaired t-test. Scale bar = 50um.