Mauthner cells maintain their lumbar projection in adult frog.
We have used retrograde labeling with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the bullfrog. Rana catesbeiana, to determine whether Mauthner (M) cells maintain a projection to the lumbar spinal cord in adult bullfrogs. We found that M cells persist in the adult bullfrog and maintain a projection to the lumbar spinal cord, despite the degeneration of much of their afferent input and of their motoneuronal targets in the spinal cord.
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Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599.
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