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Neural Development and Regeneration pp 5–19Cite as

Developmental Biology of the Optic Nerve

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Any attempt to determine the rules involved in building the nervous system might best begin with a simple region of this complex tissue. Some laboratories have developed approaches which utilize simple organisms in their investigations. Others, such as ourselves, have decided to work within the simplest regions of the mammalian nervous system

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  1. Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, 91 Riding House Street, London, W1P 8BT, England

    M. Noble

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  1. Istituto di Scienze Farmacologiche, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20129, Milano, Italy

    A. Gorio

  2. Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77550, USA

    J. R. Perez-Polo

  3. Mental Retardation Research Center #68-177, Department of Anatomy and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California, LA, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    J. de Vellis

  4. Department of Human Biological, Chemistry and Genetics and Department of Neurology, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, 200 University Blvd., #519, Galveston, TX, 77550, USA

    B. Haber

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Noble, M. (1988). Developmental Biology of the Optic Nerve. In: Gorio, A., Perez-Polo, J.R., de Vellis, J., Haber, B. (eds) Neural Development and Regeneration. NATO ASI Series, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73148-8_2

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