Neurons protect themselves by active shrinkage upon axonal transection
Mehmet Şerif Aydın, Sadık Bay, Esra Nur Yi̇ği̇t, Cemil Özgül, Elif Kaval Oğuz, Elçin Yenidünya Konuk, Neşe Ayşit, Nureddin Cengiz, Ender Erdoğan, Aydın Him, Mehmet Koçak, Emrah Eroğlu, Gürkan Öztürk
The paper shows that axotomy triggers neuronal shrinkage to expel water and prevent swelling, reducing cell death risk.
iScience · Aug 25, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience