Development of the nervous system in hatchlings of Spadella cephaloptera (Chaetognatha), and implications for nervous system evolution in Bilateria

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 740-759

  Rieger, Verena ^a,b   Perez, Yvan ^c   Müller, Carsten H G ^a   Lacalli, Thurston ^d   Hansson, Bill S ^b   Harzsch, Steffen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Immunohistochemistry; Nervous system; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SYNAPSIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILATERIA; CHAETOGNATHA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; HATCHLING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPIL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BILATERIA; CHAETOGNATHA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; PROTOSTOMIA; SPADELLA CEPHALOPTERA;

EID: 79958862779     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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