ZFIN ID: ZDB-EXP-150730-1
Experiment Conditions Description: transection: cranial nerve II
transection: cranial nerve II
Name: transection
Synonyms:
Definition: Cutting transversly of an organ or tissue. Type of cutting often used to divide the spinal cord to investigate neural regeneration in zebrafish.
Ontology: Zebrafish Environment Condition Ontology [ZECO:0000181]
Name: cranial nerve II
Synonyms: CN-II, optic, optic nerve
Definition: Cranial nerve which is comprised of retinal ganglion cell axons running posterior medially towards the optic chiasm, at which the axons cross the midline and after which the structure is termed the optic tract.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000435]
Publication: Welte et al., 2015