Axonal sprouting is a process where fine nerve processes – sprouts – grow out from the intact axons to reinnervate denervated muscle fibers. Thereby the sprouting sustains the nerve supply to muscles and, in turn, the ability to move.

What is synaptic sprouting?

In neuroscience the term ‘sprouting’ refers to any phenomena invoking neurite growth; sprouting occurs through the life span in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) and in nonmammalian brains and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).

What is the term for axonal regeneration?

Neuroregeneration refers to the regrowth or repair of nervous tissues, cells or cell products. Such mechanisms may include generation of new neurons, glia, axons, myelin, or synapses. … When an axon is damaged, the distal segment undergoes Wallerian degeneration, losing its myelin sheath.