After axotomy, severed axons and their synapses engange Wallerian degeneration (WD) to initiate their demise within a day.

Figure 4: Microglial engraftment following ff-t and facial nerve axotomy. In conclusion, our results suggest that BM transplantation might lead to significant microglial engraftment in the human CNS.

During my Ph.D. at Istanbul Medipol University (Turkey), my major focus was elucidating the molecular mechanisms of contraction after axotomy injury in dorsal root ganglion neurons using advanced ...

In particular, I am interested in how neurons generate and maintain cellular polarity and the role that neuronal polarity disruption may play in a) the recovery of axonal function after axotomy and ...