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Investigations on the ultrastructural changes of the spinal ganglion neurons in the course of axon regeneration and cell hypertrophy

I. Changes during axon regeneration

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    Ennio Pannese

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Aknowledgement. The Author is greatly indebted to Miss A. Bertolasi for drawing Figs. 1 and 19, and to Dr. phis. S. de Petris for the help given in the statistical evaluation of the data.

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Pannese, E. Investigations on the ultrastructural changes of the spinal ganglion neurons in the course of axon regeneration and cell hypertrophy. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 60, 711–740 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343854

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