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Ultrastructural Features of the Spinal Cord

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Frog Neurobiology

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The aim of this Chapter is to provide a review of the literature on the ultrastructure of the spinal cord of the frog, and also to give a short description and illustration of the main cytological features observed at this nervous center in normal frogs.

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Sotelo, C., Grofova, I. (1976). Ultrastructural Features of the Spinal Cord. In: Frog Neurobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66316-1_24

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