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The brain is required for normal muscle and nerve patterning during early Xenopus development
The brain is required for normal muscle and nerve patterning during early Xenopus development
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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Abstract
- Functions of the embryonic brain prior to regulating behavior are unclear. Here, the authors use an amputation assay in Xenopus laevis to demonstrate that removal of the brain early in development alters muscle and peripheral nerve patterning, which can be rescued by modulating bioelectric signals.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f93519270d40b1ad503afa33fe8ea2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00597-2