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J Comp Physiol A 1985 Dec 01;1576:749-61. doi: 10.1007/bf01350072.
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A proposed neural pathway for vocalization in South African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis.

Wetzel DM, Haerter UL, Kelley DB.


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Vocalizations of South African clawed frogs are produced by contractions of laryngeal muscles innervated by motor neurons of the caudal medulla (within cranial nerve nucleus IX-X). We have traced afferents to laryngeal motor neurons in male and female frogs using retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase conjugated to wheat germ agglutinin (HRP-WGA). After iontophoretic injection of HRP-WGA into n. IX-X, retrogradely labelled neurons were seen in the contralateral n. IX-X, in rhombencephalic reticular nuclei, and in the pre-trigeminal nucleus of the dorsal tegmental area (DTAM) of both males and females.

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