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Nerve growth in cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) with rotated ganglia

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The axons of motorneurons in rotated cockroach ganglia grow into the limb opposite the one they normally innervate and appear to synapse with appropriate muscles. Apparently the classification of motorneurons is duplicated about the mid-line.

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  1. C. M. Bate

    Present address: Biologisches Institut 1 (Zoologie), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Katharinenstrasse 20, D-78, Freiburg i. Br., BRD

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, 2600, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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I thankNan Cowan for her expert technical assistance.

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Bate, C.M. Nerve growth in cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) with rotated ganglia. Experientia 32, 451–452 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920789

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