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Is there retrograde axonal transport of tetanus toxin in both α and γ fibres?

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IT has been demonstrated by means of histoautoradiography that tetanus toxin, after injection into a muscle, reaches motoneurones in the spinal cord by retrograde axonal transport1–3. It was until now not known whether the labelled motor axons and motoneurones belong to the α, the γ, or to both α and γ populations. We now present evidence that tetanus toxin is selectively transported in α motor neurones.

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  1. Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK

    JANE GREEN

  2. Pharmakologisches Institut, der Justus Liebig-Universität, Frankfurter Strasse 107, D-6300, Giessen, FRG

    GEORG ERDMANN & HANS H. WELLHÖNER

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GREEN, J., ERDMANN, G. & WELLHÖNER, H. Is there retrograde axonal transport of tetanus toxin in both α and γ fibres?. Nature 265, 370 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265370a0

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