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Of axons that struggle to make ends meet: Linking axonal bioenergetic failure to programmed axon degeneration

Elisabetta Babetto1, Bogdan Beirowski2

  • 1Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics
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Keywords:
ATPAxon degenerationGliaMonocarboxylate transporterSchwann cellsWallerian degeneration

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