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Transfer of an avian genetic reflex epilepsy by embryonic brain graft: a tissue autonomous process?
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2005
Teillet Marie-Aimée, Naquet Robert, Batini Cesira
Abstract excerpt
Electroencephalographic characteristics and clinical symptoms of an avian genetic reflex epilepsy have been transferred from Fayoumi epileptic (Fepi) chickens to non-epileptic chickens by embryonic homotopic grafts of brain neuroepithelium. Transplanted tissues belonging to the prosencephalic vesicle transferred epileptic electrical features while tissues from the mesencephalic vesicle were responsible for...
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