Cell lineage and cis-regulation for a unique GABAergic/glycinergic neuron type in the larval nerve cord of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Nishitsuji, Koki ^a,b   Horie, Takeo ^c,d   Ichinose, Aoi ^b   Sasakura, Yasunori ^c   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^e   Kusakabe, Takehiro G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell lineage; Central nervous system; Ciona intestinalis; cis regulatory module; GABAergic glycinergic neuron

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CAUDAL INHIBITORY NEURON; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL VACUOLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; GLIAL EPENDYMAL CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ELECTROPORATION; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENOMICS; LARVA; NEURONS;

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857503163     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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