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These mediators have been implicated in sublethal and lethal neuronal and glial injury [ 10 ] , neuronal degeneration [ 3 11 12 ] that could potentially affect neurodevelopment in the immature brain.
Reye syndrome, a disorder of unknown cause, is characterized by acute encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver and it is usually characterized by a history of preceding viral illness or the use of aspirin during viral infections [ 10 ] . Many children with metabolic disorders present with Reye-like syndrome episodes, usually at a young age and/or with a positive past or family history suspicious for an inborn error of metabolism [ 11 ] . It has been reported as a presenting sign of type I 3-MGC aciduria and in a few cases of mitochondrial cytopathies in older children [ 12 13 ] . However in the neonatal period, a Reye-like episode is not a typical presenting feature of a mitochondrial cytopathy.
Alternatively, peroxisomes might be involved in membrane breakdown in the mitochondrial degeneration process.
Adult rat spinal cord or sciatic nerve was crushed with forceps ex vivo and immediately frozen to prevent additional changes within the tissue, such as glial scarring, Wallerian degeneration and formation of bands of Büngner.
Atretic follicles were identified by the presence of 5 or more pyknotic nuclei in granulosa cells, leukocytes in the antrum, and loosening or degeneration of the mural layer of granulosa cells.