Neuronal map reveals the highly regionalized pattern of the juvenile central nervous system of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1375-1393

  Hozumi, Akiko ^a   Horie, Takeo ^b   Sasakura, Yasunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Juvenile; Metamorphosis; Neuron

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BETA2 TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL BODY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CILIARY MOTILITY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; GILL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHOSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ANIMAL; AXON; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPORATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ELECTROPORATION; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMINE; LIGHT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 84945438031     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24317     Document Type: Article

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