Gudden's Atrophy Method

A method of demonstrating the connection of a nerve-trunk with a center. If a portion of a nerve-trunk is destroyed in a young, growing animal, the peripheral fibers will undergo Waller i an degeneration, while the proximal cells and fibers connected with the destroyed portion will atrophy and disappear. G.'s Commi ure, a ma of fibers forming the upper (dorsal) part of the optic tracts. They cannot be demonstrated in man except in cases of complete degeneration of the optic fibers proper. G.'s Ganglion, the cephalo-dorsal ganglion of the Lam, mamillary body of the brain. G.'s Law. See Guerin's Glands. See Gland . G.'s Method. Treatment, Methods of.