Characterization of Optic Nerve Regeneration using transgenic Zebrafish

In contrast to the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS), fish are able to functionally regenerate severed axons upon injury. Although the zebrafish is a well-established model vertebrate for genetic and developmental studies, its use for anatomical studies of axon regeneration has been hampe...

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Main Authors: Heike eDiekmann, Pascal eKalbhen, Dietmar eFischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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GFP
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00118/full