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SCIENCE
Volume 296, Issue 5569, Pages 868-871Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1068613
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Neurons seem to have at least two self-destruct programs. Like other cell types, they have an intracellular death program for undergoing apoptosis when they are injured, infected, or not needed. In addition, they apparently have a second, molecularly distinct self-destruct program in their axon. This program is activated when the axon is severed and leads to the rapid degeneration of the isolated part of the cut axon. Do neurons also use this second program to prune their axonal tree during development and to conserve resources in response to chronic insults?.
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