Xenopus laevis as a Model Organism for the Study of Spinal Cord Formation, Development, Function and Regeneration

The spinal cord is the first central nervous system structure to develop during vertebrate embryogenesis, underscoring its importance to the organism. Because of its early formation, accessibility to the developing spinal cord in amniotes is challenging, often invasive and the experimental approache...

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Main Author: Laura N. Borodinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2017.00090/full