Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidian: evidence for a proto-hypothalamo-retinal territory

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The retina of craniates/vertebrates has been proposed to derive from a photoreceptor prosencephalic territory in ancestral chordates, but the evolutionary origin of the different cell types making the retina is disputed. Except for p...

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Main Authors: Razy-Krajka Florian, Brown Euan R, Horie Takeo, Callebert Jacques, Sasakura Yasunori, Joly Jean-Stéphane, Kusakabe Takehiro G, Vernier Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/45