> Anyone??
> 
> Recently I have been rereading Fish Anatomy-litterature, where 
> my subject of interest was Regeneration of the nervous system.
> 
> (Why there is a difference between Mammals and Fish, regarding 
> regeneration of the nervous system.)
> 
> 
> In my research I came across a small article in FISKEHELSE, p. 75, 
> (ISBN-82-533-0254-1)(Norwegian language) which stated that fish had 
> the ability to regenerate brain-tissue after damage. 
> It also described an experiment where a part of the brain was removed, 
> and regenerated after only 30 days, where as all the lost functions also 
> were restored.
> Unfortunately the references were some what non-spesific.
> 
> After writing to the  author of the article, I received 
> some references, where this one was the only I could get a hold of:
> 
> Brown, ME (Red.) 1957 The physiology og fishes vol I-II.
>                 New York:Academic Press
> 
> Here, on p. 51, I came across REGENERATION IN THE SPINAL CORD, where
> as the latest experiment was of Kirche (1951)
>  
>  (Kirche, W. (1951). Z. mikroskop. anat. Forsch. 56,190-265.
>  Die regenerativen Vorgƒnge am R–ckenmark erwachsener Teleostier nach
>  operativer Kontinuitƒtstrennung.)
> 
> Although writing the title is great practice for the touch-method,
> the librarian will surely kill me if I ask her to order this one...
> I'm already on her hit-list 'cause of the last book...
> 
> Anyway, my german vocabulary isnt uptodate for it.. 
> 
> But, still the experiment in question doesnt come anything close to the 
> experiment described in FISKEHELSE. => I am still searching..
> 
> Since the physiology of fishes vol I-II is dated 1957, some more recent 
> research must have been done on the subject..
> So please, anyone..ANYONE..
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any refererences or comments on
> the subject, which might help me..
> 
> Thanks, as always, in advance..
> 
> 
> PS!
> Anyone been writing something about Biodynamic/Organic Fish farming, lately? 
> I haven't been following the articles on the net for some months now..
> I did read something about Japan doing well in that area, but I dont remember
> where I read it...
> 
> 
> 

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Ronny Falck-Olsen
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