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Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration

  • Written by Ashley Maynard, PhD Candidate in Quantitative Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regenerationAxolotls are a model organism researchers use to study a variety of topics in biology.Ruben Undheim/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is an aquatic salamander renowned for its ability to regenerate its spinal cord, heart and limbs. These amphibians also readily make new neurons throughout their lives. In 1964, researchers observed...

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