Nerves that were not affected by the virus send out new “sprouts, ” as if running extra telephone lines, to reconnect the muscle cells that were orphaned when their previous nerves died.
Nervu šūnas, kuras nav sabojājis poliomielīta vīruss, tēlaini izsakoties, izaudzē jaunus ” dzinumus ”, lai veidotu saites ar muskuļu šūnām, kas ir ” atvienojušās ”, ejot bojā slimības skartajiem nerviem.