| ZFIN ID: ZDB-EXP-170907-2 |
Experiment Conditions Description: transection: nerve
| transection: nerve |
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| Name: | transection |
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| 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: | nerve |
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| Synonyms: | nerves |
| Definition: | A portion of tissue which is a fasciculated group of axons. Many time axons in the nerve are enveloped by the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, the Schwann cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007009] |
| Publication: | Morris et al., 2017 |
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