Annals of neurology
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Annals of neurology · Jan 2014
Trans-synaptic axonal degeneration in the visual pathway in multiple sclerosis.
To evaluate the association between the damage to the anterior and posterior visual pathway as evidence of the presence of retrograde and anterograde trans-synaptic degeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS). ⋯ Our results suggest the presence of trans-synaptic degeneration as a contributor to chronic axon damage in MS.