The nervous system and regeneration of the forelimb of adult triturus. VII. The relation between number of nerve fibers and surface area of amputation

✍ Scribed by Singer, Marcus

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1947
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 686 KB
• Volume: 104
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-104X
• DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401040205

✦ Synopsis

In preceding studies (Singer, '46a ; '47) which have sought to analyze the influence which nerves exert on regeneration of the forelimb of the newt, the importance of number of nerve fibers was established. Each amputation level of the limb was found to require the presence of an adequate quantity of fibers, expressed as a threshold range, in order that regeneration of the limb proceed. Above the threshold range regeneration always occurred, whereas below that range it