Download or read book Developmental Neurobiology of the Frog written by Emanuel D. Pollack and published by Wiley-Liss. This book was released on 1988-09-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frog has been used in many recent investigations in developmental neurobiology because it is experimentally accessible during the larval period, during which much of the nervous system is shaped. Contributors to this volume describe different methodologies applied within several neuronal populations. They examine a wide range of topics, including development of the spinal cord, brain components, and the peripheral nervous system; differentiation of CNS neurons; tectal development; specification of spinal sensory neurons during development; and the meritocratic selection hypothesis in the control of motoneuron death during development.