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Diverse mechanisms for assembly of branchiomeric nerves.
Developmental biology - 15 Sept 2011
Cox Jane A, Lamora Angela, Johnson Stephen L, Voigt Mark M
Abstract excerpt
The formation of branchiomeric nerves (cranial nerves V, VII, IX and X) from their sensory, motor and glial components is poorly understood. The current model for cranial nerve formation is based on the Vth nerve, in which sensory afferents are formed first and must enter the hindbrain in order for the motor efferents to exit. Using transgenic zebrafish lines to discriminate between motor neurons, sensory neurons...
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