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SUBMITTER: Takano-Maruyama M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2948960 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takano-Maruyama Masumi M Chen Yiju Y Gaufo Gary O GO
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 20100401 4
The parasympathetic reflex circuit is controlled by three basic neurons. In the vertebrate head, the sensory, and pre- and postganglionic neurons that comprise each circuit have stereotypic positions along the anteroposterior (AP) axis, suggesting that the circuit arises from a common developmental plan. Here, we show that precursors of the VIIth circuit are initially aligned along the AP axis, where the placode-derived sensory neurons provide a critical "guidepost" through which preganglionic a ...[more]