Rosario Villegas et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 34(21), 7179-7189 (2014-05-23)
Axonal degeneration represents an early pathological event in neurodegeneration, constituting an important target for neuroprotection. Regardless of the initial injury, which could be toxic, mechanical, metabolic, or genetic, degeneration of axons shares a common mechanism involving mitochondrial dysfunction and production