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 In the adult Xenopus laevis frog the central nervous system (drawing) contains several distinct structures and the optic tectum is the roof of the large midbrain structure, situated caudally to the diencephalon and rostrally to the cerebellum. It is one of the largest dorsal structures in the Xenopus brain, along with the telencephalon and the olfactory bulb.

This image is extracted from figure published in: Richards BA et al. (2010), Image published in: Richards BA et al. (2010)

Image downloaded from an Open Access article in PubMed Central. Copyright © 2010 Richards, Aizenman and Akerman.

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