Transplantation of Xenopus laevis Tissues to Determine the Ability of Motor Neurons to Acquire a Novel Target

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Elliott, Karen L ^a   Houston, Douglas W ^a   Fritzsch, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EMBRYO; EYE MOVEMENT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TROCHLEAR NERVE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SOMITES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84873273205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055541     Document Type: Article

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