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What molecular mechanisms enable functional recovery and muscle re-innervation after motor neuron loss in ALS/FTLD?
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neurodegeneration
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The study shows dramatic functional recovery and muscle re-innervation after cytoplasmic TDP-43 clearance, even following motor neuron death. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this unexpected regenerative capacity in neurodegenerative disease are not explained.
Gap type: unexplained_observation
Source paper: Functional recovery in new mouse models of ALS/FTLD after clearance of pathological cytoplasmic TDP-43. (2015, Acta neuropathologica, PMID:26197969)