Ascidians as excellent chordate models for studying the development of the nervous system during embryogenesis and metamorphosis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-437

  Sasakura, Yasunori ^a   Mita, Kaoru ^a   Ogura, Yosuke ^a   Horie, Takeo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Central nervous system; Chordate; Ciona intestinalis; Neuron

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURAL TUBE; NOTOCHORD; SWIMMING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860231298     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01343.x     Document Type: Review

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