Wallerian degeneration

A condition caused by degeneration, atrophy, and destruction of the distal part of a nerve fiber's axon and myelin, when continuity with the neural cell nucleus has been severed due to injury. Signs and symptoms include muscle weakness, altered sensation, and limb numbness.

Also known as: Wallerian Degeneration, Degeneration, Wallerian, Wallerian degeneration of the pyramidal tract

1 clinical trial for this condition and its sub-types.