Keeping sensory cells and evolving neurons to connect them to the brain: Molecular conservation and novelties in vertebrate ear development

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-197

  Fritzsch, B ^a   Beisel, K W ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ear evolution; Hair cell; Mechanosensory channels; Mechanosensory neurons; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUDITORY CANAL; BRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EAR; EYE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; VATER PAPILLA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

BILATERIA; CHORDATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644355093     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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