"Xenopus laevis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed "frog" (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals.
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D014982
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B01.050.150.900.090.180.610.500.562
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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xenopus laevis" by people in Profiles.
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Alpha4* nicotinic receptors in preBotzinger complex mediate cholinergic/nicotinic modulation of respiratory rhythm. J Neurosci. 2008 Jan 09; 28(2):519-28.
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Frizzled signaling and the developmental control of cell polarity. Trends Genet. 1998 Nov; 14(11):452-8.
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Inhibition of morphine tolerance by NMDA receptor antagonists in the formalin test. Brain Res. 1996 Aug 26; 731(1-2):171-81.
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Frog prohormone convertase PC2 mRNA has a mammalian-like expression pattern in the central nervous system and is colocalized with a subset of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-expressing neurons. J Comp Neurol. 1995 Mar 27; 354(1):71-86.
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Inhibition of clonic seizure-like excitatory effects induced by intrathecal morphine using two NMDA receptor antagonists: MK-801 and ACEA-1011. Eur J Pharmacol. 1994 Feb 11; 252(3):261-6.