“…1 ). Our basic strategy was to use a condition-test approach, in a combination of in vivo and ex vivo paradigms and in vitro physiological and morphological measurements, which has proved successful in exploring modifiers and their mechanisms in other contexts, for instance, axonal degeneration and regeneration ( McQuarrie et al, 1977; Boegman et al, 1980; Deshpande et al, 1981; Hudson et al, 1984; Lund et al, 2002; Beirowski et al, 2004; Beirowski et al, 2005; Wong et al, 2009; Oyebode et al, 2012 ). Our assays were conducted on isolated nerve-muscle preparations of hind toe muscles: specifically flexor digitorum brevis (FDB) or one of the four deep lumbrical muscles (1–4DL).…”