XB-ART-26501
Dev Biol
1989 Sep 25;4981:167-9.
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The nervus terminalis in larval and adult Xenopus laevis.
Abstract
Nervus terminalis (nt) projections were studied by HRP injections into one nostril in adult Xenopus and in Xenopus tadpoles. Central nt targets are: medial septum, preoptic nucleus, nucleus of the anterior commissure, and hypothalamus (mainly ipsilaterally). In Xenopus tadpoles, additional fibers reach the ipsilateral dorsal thalamus and the mesencephalic tegmentum, bilaterally; furthermore, hypothalamic projections are bilateral. Xenopus tadpole nt connections resemble those of adult urodeles more closely than the projections of frogs. However, Xenopus tadpoles lack nt innervation of the medial septum.
PubMed ID: 2790468
Article link: Dev Biol
Species referenced: Xenopus laevis