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. 2018 Aug 1;78(10):1011–1024. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22625

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© 2018 The Authors. Developmental Neurobiology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Chromatolysis in neurons involves gross structural abnormality of Nissl substance. Images of toluidine blue‐stained sections of adult monkey cervical spinal cord showing motor neurons after section of a dorsal and ventral root at lumbar or sacral levels. Subpanels 1, 5, and 10 show uninjured neurons. Subpanels 2–5 show sections 3 days after injury and subpanels 6–9 show sections 6 days after injury. Subpanel 11 is 10 days after injury. [Images taken from (Gersh and Bodian, 1943); magnification is X 250].