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==Nerve stuff== | ==Nerve stuff== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *Most common biopsy: sural nerve. | ||
===Stains=== | |||
Myelin stain: | |||
*Blue = myelin. | |||
Gomori trichrome: | |||
*Axon = green. | |||
*Myelin = red. | |||
===Degenerative changes=== | |||
Types:<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/nervepath.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/nervepath.html]. Accessed on: 9 November 2010.</ref> | |||
*Wallerian degeneration. | |||
*Axonal degeneration. | |||
*Segmental demyelination. | |||
====Wallerian degeneration==== | |||
*Digestion chamber - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Image: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/subpages/digchamb1.html Digestion chamber (missinglink.ucsf.edu)]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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