Glossary 

Optic tectum

Structure found in the roof of the midbrain containing the super colliculus, a structure responsible for eye movements

Mauthner Cell

Giant neurons found in the salamander hindbrain responsible for rapid escape responses

Ganglion

This is a mass of cell bodies that recieces or transmists signals

Filopodia

Cytoplasmic projections enforced by actin filaments, displayed by migrating cells

Cytoskeleton

Cellular structures that maintain cell shape

Cell proliferation

Increase in cell division leading to a growth in cell numbers

Homologous

Having the same or similar relation

Microtubule stabilizing proteins

Proteins that aid in maintaining and stabilizing microtubules

Lamellipodia

Cytoskeletal projection composed of actin, displayed on migrating cells