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Double Central Canal in Spinal Cord of Rat

Nature volume 209, page 729 (1966)Cite this article

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WHILE studying the morphology of thiamine pyrophosphatase (TPPase)-positive Golgi complex in the central nervous system, it was observed that two central canals (Figs. 1 and 2) were present in the mid-thoracic region of the rat spinal cord.

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  1. Yerkes Regional Primate Research Centre and Laboratory for Ophthalmic Research, Emory University, Atlanta

    T. R. SHANTHA VEERAPPA & G. H. BOURNE

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SHANTHA VEERAPPA, T., BOURNE, G. Double Central Canal in Spinal Cord of Rat. Nature 209, 729 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209729a0

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