RRC ID 4135
著者 Fame RM, Brajon C, Ghysen A.
タイトル Second-order projection from the posterior lateral line in the early zebrafish brain.
ジャーナル Neural Dev
Abstract BACKGROUND:Mechanosensory information gathered by hair cells of the fish lateral-line system is collected by sensory neurons and sent to the ipsilateral hindbrain. The information is then conveyed to other brain structures through a second-order projection. In the adult, part of the second-order projection extends to the contralateral hindbrain, while another part connects to a midbrain structure, the torus semicircularis.
RESULTS:In this paper we examine the second-order projection from the posterior lateral-line system in late embryonic/early larval zebrafish. At four days after fertilization the synaptic field of the sensory neurons can be accurately targeted, allowing a very reproducible labeling of second-order neurons. We show that second-order projections are highly stereotyped, that they vary according to rhombomeric identity, and that they are almost completely lateralized. We also show that the projections extend not only to the contralateral hindbrain and torus semicircularis but to many other brain centers as well, including gaze- and posture-controlling nuclei in the midbrain, and presumptive thalamic nuclei.
CONCLUSION:We propose that the extensive connectivity observed in early brain development reveals a basic scaffold common to most vertebrates, from which different subsets are later reinforced in various vertebrate groups. The large repertoire of projection targets provides a promising system to study the genetic encoding of this differential projection capacity.
巻・号 1
ページ 4
公開日 2006-11-29
DOI 10.1186/1749-8104-1-4
PII 1749-8104-1-4
PMID 17147780
PMC PMC1693910
MeSH Afferent Pathways / anatomy & histology Afferent Pathways / embryology* Afferent Pathways / growth & development* Amino Acids / metabolism Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Brain / anatomy & histology Brain / embryology Brain / growth & development Brain / metabolism Embryo, Nonmammalian Functional Laterality Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism Larva Lateral Line System* / cytology Lateral Line System* / embryology Lateral Line System* / growth & development Neurons, Afferent / physiology* Zebrafish Zebrafish Proteins / genetics Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism
IF 2.63
引用数 23
WOS 分野 NEUROSCIENCES DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ゼブラフィッシュ rw0 (Tg(CM-isl1:GFP))