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| Neuronal Responses to Injury | ||
| Wallerian Degeneration - breakdown of axon distal to injury | ||
| Central Chromatolysis - neuronal cell body clearing proximal to injury (may be reversible) | ||
| Retrograde Degeneration - neuron undergoes atrophy when the distal axon is damaged | ||
| Trans-synaptic Degeneration - neuron undergoes atrophy when main synaptic input is lost | ||
| Causes of Neuronal injury: anoxic/ischemic, excitotoxicity, apoptosis, metabolic storage disease | ||
| Demyelination: (stain black with Marchi's or
Sudan Black; unstained with Weigert-Pal or Loyez) Primary - specific destruction of myelin (precedes axon damage) Secondary - follows nerve cell death and axon destruction |
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REACTION TO INJURY
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| Neuron | Neurofilament, Synaptophysin, NSE | Central chromatolysis, Wallerian degeneration, neuronopathy, retrograde degeneration, Trans-synaptic degeneration, Ischemia |
| Astrocyte | GFAP, Vimentin | Proliferation, Hypertrphy (gemistocyte), Gliosis |
| Oligodendrocyte | Leu 7, galactocerebroside | Swelling, Proliferation |
| Ependyma | Weak GFAP | Atrophy, Loss (granular ependymitis) |
| Microglia | B cell and Macrophage markers | Proliferation, microglial nodule, rod cell shape |