Regeneration of sensory but not motor axons following visceral nerve injury.

In conclusion, our results show that visceral sensory and motor neurons have a different capacity to regenerate axons following axotomy, however in both components of the circuit uninjured bladder neurons spontaneously grow new axon collaterals to replace the lost terminal field within the organ. For a full functional recovery, understanding the environmental and cellular mechanisms that reduce the ability of pelvic ganglion cells to undergo axonal regeneration is needed. PMID: 25725351 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Exp Neurol Source Type: research