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Washington University Experience | BASIC PROCESSES | Tract Degeneration | 10B5 Tract Degeneration, lateral corticospinal (Case 10) NF 20X
10B5,6 There is loss of axons in the lateral corticospinal tracts (NF IHC). Specifically, there is comparable loss of myelinated fibers with both axonal and myelin stains, differing from the pattern in demyelinative processes in which axons are relatively spared compared to myelin.
