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J Physiol Volume 534, Number 3, 627-639, August 1, 2001
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Journal of Physiology (2001), 534.3, pp. 627-639
© Copyright 2001 The Physiological Society

Compartmental neurodegeneration and synaptic plasticity in the Wlds mutant mouse


Thomas H. Gillingwater and Richard R. Ribchester


Department of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK

    This review focuses on recent developments in our understanding of neurodegeneration at the mammalian neuromuscular junction. We provide evidence to support a hypothesis of compartmental neurodegeneration, whereby synaptic degeneration occurs by a separate, distinct mechanism from cell body and axonal degeneration. Studies of the spontaneous mutant Wlds mouse, in which Wallerian degeneration is characteristically slow, provide key evidence in support of this hypothesis. Some features of synaptic degeneration in the absence of Wallerian degeneration resemble synapse elimination in neonatal muscle. This and other forms of synaptic plasticity may be accessible to further investigations, exploiting advantages afforded by the Wlds mutant, or transgenic mice that express the Wlds gene.



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