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A method for complete and selective surgical elimination of the lateral-line system in the codfish,Gadus morhua

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Es wird eine Methode beschrieben, nach der beim Kabeljau (Gadus morhua) das gesamte Seitenorgansystem operativ bleibend ausser Funktion gesetzt werden kann, ohne Schädigung anderer Sinnesfunktionen und ohne Beeinträchtigung des Allgemeinbefindens der Tiere. Mit ähnlicher Methodik kann, je nach Wahl, auch die pars superior oder die pars inferior des Labyrinths, oder auch bloss Sacculus oder Lagena, ausser Funktion gesetzt werden. Die Methode beruht auf Durchschneidung der entsprechenden Nervenwurzeln nahe ihrem Austritt aus dem Gehirn (medulla oblongata).

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Dijkgraaf, S. A method for complete and selective surgical elimination of the lateral-line system in the codfish,Gadus morhua. Experientia 29, 737–738 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944809

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