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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
卷 501, 期 3, 页码 335-352出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21247
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chordate brain; evolution; sensory dendritic arbor; mechanoreceptor; contact chemoreceptor
The peripheral nervous system of the ascidian tadpole larva comprises a distributed population of isolated receptor neurons, most of unproved function, organized along the trunk or tail epithelium. Previous reports using immunocytochemical methods failed to resolve the detailed morphology of the neurons and their axon pathways. Precleavage embryos of Ciona intestinalis transfected with the promoter of the neuron-specific synaptotagmin gene fused to a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene yielded clearly labelled GFP profiles. These we examined in confocal image stacks of 31 larvae. Anchor cells, at least eight in each adhesive apical papilla, contribute axons to the papillar nerves that terminate in the sensory vesicle of the central nervous system. Two nerve bundles projected from each papilla, suggesting that at least two subpopulations of papillar neurons exist. Each bundle fasciculated with axons of the rostral trunk epidermal neurons (RTEN) in a stereotyped pattern. The RTEN had a hitherto unreported elaborate arbor of sensory dendrites within the tunic, suggesting that each has an extended sensorial field. Two subpopulations of apical trunk epidermal neurons (ATEN), anterior and posterior, were distinguished. As with the RTEN, these neurons extended dendritic arbors into the tunic. Two additional types of tail neuron, the caudal epidermal neurons (dorsal and ventral) as well as a novel bipolar interneuron, were identified. These identified neuron types are the substrate for the ascidian larva's entire peripheral sensory input, important during larval swimming and settlement.
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