Glutamatergic networks in the Ciona intestinalis larva

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-263

  Horie, Takeo ^a,b   Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Glutamatergic neurons; Otolith; Photoreceptor cells; Sensory systems; Vesicular glutamate transporter

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; LARVA; MARKER GENE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 42449161435     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21678     Document Type: Article

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