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Development, Vol 112, Issue 1 83-89, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

The effect of age on motor neurone death following axotomy in the mouse

MM Pollin, S McHanwell and CR Slater
Division of Neurobiology, School of Neuroscience, Medical School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

The ability of mouse motor neurones to survive axotomy during the first month of life was studied. The motor neurones that lie in the dorsolateral columns of spinal segments C7 and C8 and supply the flexor muscles of the forepaw were axotomized by cutting and removing part of the median and ulnar nerves above the elbow. The number and position of cell bodies with axons in these nerves were confirmed by retrograde labelling of the cut axons with horseradish peroxidase. The ability of these neurones to survive axotomy varies with the age of the animal at the time of axotomy. When the axons are sectioned within the first four postnatal days, 80-90% of the cell bodies will die, more than half of this death occurring in less than one week after axotomy. If the animals are one week old at the time the nerves are cut, a significantly smaller number (50%) die (P = 0.013), and the time-course of death is different, with eight to ten days elapsing before half the death has occurred. 40% of the neurones will die if sectioned at two weeks of age, and it is not until four weeks of age that more than 90% of the cells can survive axotomy. We conclude, therefore, that the kinetics of motor neurone death, as well as the final extent of neuronal loss, are affected by the age at which the animal is axotomized.


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