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RefNoPP/8/8
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the development of the cranial nerves of the newt' by Alice Johnson and Lilian Sheldon
CreatorJohnson; Alice (fl 1884-1885); Demonstrator of Biology, Newham College, Cambridge
Sheldon; Lilian (1862-1942); English zoologist
Date1886
DescriptionJohnson and Sheldon write: 'The peripheral nervous system of the newt does not begin to develop until the medullary canal has become completely separate from the external epiblast. A neural ridge appears on the dorsal surface of the medullary canal, and, at regular intervals, paired lateral prolongations of it grow out and form the spinal and cranial nerves. The former grow down between the medullary canal and muscleplates, the original outgrowth, in each case, becoming the dorsal root, while the ventral root is formed later. In the head, where there are no muscle-plates, the nerves are situated nearer to the surface.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Zoology / Neuroscience

Received 14 January 1886. Read 28 January 1886. Communicated by Michael Foster.

A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the development of the cranial nerves of the newt'.
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0016
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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