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Central cord disease, cytochrome oxidase stain

Last updated on Tuesday, April 28 2009 by gliageek

Central cord disease, cytochrome oxidase stain

Central Cores are defined as central regions lacking oxidative enzyme activity running the length of the muscle fiber.

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This is an NADH-stained prepareation of skeletal muscle from a patient with central core disease. The pale areas within the muscle fibers, such as the one indicated by the unnecessarily large green arrow, are the cores.

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