Cnidarians and the evolutionary origin of the nervous system

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-183

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Fujisawa, Toshitaka ^a   Holstein, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Evolution; Nematostella; Nervous system; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COELENTERATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; NEMATOSTELLA;

EID: 63849100946     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01103.x     Document Type: Review

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