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BDNF promotes target innervation of Xenopus mandibular trigeminal axons in vivo.
BMC developmental biology - 31 May 2007
Huang Jeffrey K, Dorey Karel, Ishibashi Shoko, Amaya Enrique
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trigeminal nerves consist of ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular branches that project to distinct regions of the facial epidermis. In Xenopus embryos, the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve extends toward and innervates the cement gland in the anterior facial epithelium. The cement gland has previously been proposed to provide a short-range chemoattractive signal to promote target...
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