Ancient origin of somatic and visceral neurons

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nomaksteinsky, Marc ^a,b   Kassabov, Stefan ^c   Chettouh, Zoubida ^a,b   Stoeklé, Henri Corto ^a,b   Bonnaud, Laure ^d   Fortin, Gilles ^e   Kandel, Eric R ^c   Brunet, Jean François ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Brn3; Evolution; Lophotrochozoa; Lymnaea; Mnx; Mollusks; Motor neurons; Phox2; Sensory neurons; Sepia; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; BILATERIA; CEPHALOPODA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; GASTROPODA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MOLLUSCA; PROTOSTOMIA; SEPIA; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUTTLEFISH; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GANGLION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INNERVATION; LYMNAEA; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VERTEBRATE; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LYMNAEA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; NEURONS; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEPIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES; VISCERA;

EID: 84876789633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-53     Document Type: Article

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