OBO ID: GO:0048673
Term Name: collateral sprouting of intact axon in response to injury Search Ontology:
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Definition: The process in which outgrowths develop from the axons of intact undamaged neurons as a result of injury to an axon. The collateral sprouts typically appear from undamaged axons in a tissue which has had part of its nerve supply removed, and they can often innervate successfully any cells that have lost some or all of their original synaptic input.
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