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From: Radial glial cells play a key role in echinoderm neural regeneration

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The surgical procedure. (A) The eviscerated animals were anesthetized to the point when they stopped responding to touch. (B, C) The inner layer of the body wall was exposed through the cloaca using a glass rod. (D, E) Using a razor blade, the mid-ventral radial organ complex, including the longitudinal muscle, water-vascular canal, and radial nerve cord, was cut at about the mid-body level without damaging the outer connective tissue layer and the epidermis.

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