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Figure 2. The Alterations in the Spinal Cord Extend the Fourth Ventricle into Regions Normally Occupied by Spinal Cord Higher magnifications of selected sections from the animals shown in Figure 1, giving prominence to the morphology of the CNS. (A-C) are from an uninjected tadpole, (A%‘) from a long XlHbox l-Ab-injected tadpole. The region where nuclei are positive (dark purple staining) for the long XlHbox 1 protein is indicated by an arrowhead in (B) and (B’). Abbreviations: EC, ependymal canal; HB, hindbrain; IV, hindbrain cavity called the fourth ventricle; WC, myotome; NO, notochord; SC, spinal cord. Bar = 50 urn. Image published in: Wright CV et al. (1989) Copyright © 1989. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, Elsevier B. V. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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