Brainless Frog Embryo Tail with Aberrant Immune Response (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Brainless Frog Embryo Tail with Aberrant Immune Response

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Tail of a Xenopus laevis (frog) embryo developed without brain showing an aberrant distribution of immune cells (macrophages in green) lying in close proximity to the chaotically-sprouted peripheral neural network (nerves in red).

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Celia Herrera-Rincon, Tufts University

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