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It was shown that 73% of the fusiform cells obtained in short-term cultures of dissociated cerebral hemispheres of the chick embryo become oriented under the effect of a pulsating current, applied during the first 24 h of culture.
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Jaros, G.G., Sensenbrenner, M. & Mandel, P. The effect of pulsating electrical current on isolated nerve cells from the chick cerebral hemispheres cultivated in the rose chamber. Experientia 33, 445–446 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922201
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