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Anatomical evidence for cross regeneration of motor axons in a cockroach

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The technique of electrophoretic application of intracellular markers is used to demonstrate that motor axons can regenerate into the contralateral limb of a cockroach after the nerve has been crossed to the contralateral side.

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  1. V. Krauthamer

    Present address: Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, 10975, Valhalla, N.Y.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14260, Buffalo, N.Y., USA

    V. Krauthamer & C. R. Fourtner

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Supported by NIH grants IRO1NS1420401 and 5KO4NS0014102.

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Krauthamer, V., Fourtner, C.R. Anatomical evidence for cross regeneration of motor axons in a cockroach. Experientia 37, 405–406 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959889

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