Development of the serotoninergic system in the central nervous system of a shark, the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 511, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 804-831

  Carrera, Iván ^a   Molist, Pilar ^b   Anadón, Ramón ^a   Rodríguez Moldes, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Brain; Cartilaginous fishes; Cell migration; CSF contacting neurons; Evolution; Reticular formation; Rhombomeres; Spinal cord; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOGFISH; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCYLIORHINUS CANINULA; SEROTONINERGIC CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CONTACTING CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL MOTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

SEROTONIN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; DOGFISH; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 58749108664     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21857     Document Type: Article

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