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Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Axons and their Synapses during Axon Death in Drosophila melanogaster
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Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Axons and their Synapses during Axon Death in Drosophila melanogaster

Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Axons and their Synapses during Axon Death in Drosophila melanogaster

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March 16, 2020

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10.3791/60865-v

DOI:
10.3791/60865-v

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1Department of Fundamental Neurosciences,University of Lausanne

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Here, we provide protocols to perform three simple injury-induced axon degeneration (axon death) assays in Drosophila melanogaster to evaluate the morphological and functional preservation of severed axons and their synapses.

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Paglione, M., Rosell, A. L., Chatton, J., Neukomm, L. J. Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Axons and their Synapses during Axon Death in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Vis. Exp. (157), e60865, doi:10.3791/60865 (2020).

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