Ectopic eyes outside the head in xenopus tadpoles provide sensory data for light-mediated learning

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1031-1040

  Blackiston, Douglas J ^a   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Frog; Innervation; Memory; Plasticity; Transplantation; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHORISTOMA; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MICROSURGERY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHORISTOMA; EYE; LARVA; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TAIL; VISION, OCULAR; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84875257306     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074963     Document Type: Article

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