Developmental signature, synaptic connectivity and neurotransmission are conserved between vertebrate hair cells and tunicate coronal cells

In tunicates, the coronal organ represents a sentinel checking particle entrance into the pharynx. The organ differentiates from an anterior embryonic area considered a proto-placode. For their embryonic origin, morphological features and function, coronal sensory cells have been hypothesized to be...

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Main Authors: Rigon, F, Gasparini, F, Shimeld, S, Candiani, S, Manni, L
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2017