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Distinct cellular and molecular mechanisms mediate initial axon development and adult-stage axon regeneration in C.

Christopher V Gabel1, Faustine Antoine, Faustine Antonie

  • 1Department of Physics and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

Development (Cambridge, England)
|February 26, 2008
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