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Back to the basics: cnidarians start to fire

The nervous systems of cnidarians, pre-bilaterian animals that diverged close to the base of the metazoan radiation, are structurally simple and thus have great potential to reveal fundamental principles of neural circuits. Unfortunately, cnidarians have thus far been relatively intractable to elect...

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Main Authors: Bosch, Thomas C. G. (Author) , Holstein, Thomas W. (Author) , Jékely, Gáspár (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: February 2017
In: Trends in neurosciences
Year: 2017, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 92-105
ISSN:1878-108X
DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2016.11.005
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2016.11.005
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223616301680
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5285349
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Author Notes:Thomas C.G. Bosch, Alexander Klimovich, Tomislav Domazet-Lošo, Stefan Gründer, Thomas W. Holstein, Gáspár Jékely, David J. Miller, Andrea P. Murillo-Rincon, Fabian Rentzsch, Gemma S. Richards, Katja Schröder, Ulrich Technau and Rafael Yuste
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Summary:The nervous systems of cnidarians, pre-bilaterian animals that diverged close to the base of the metazoan radiation, are structurally simple and thus have great potential to reveal fundamental principles of neural circuits. Unfortunately, cnidarians have thus far been relatively intractable to electrophysiological and genetic techniques and consequently have been largely passed over by neurobiologists. However, recent advances in molecular and imaging methods are fueling a renaissance of interest in and research into cnidarians nervous systems. Here, we review current knowledge on the nervous systems of cnidarian species and propose that researchers should seize this opportunity and undertake the study of members of this phylum as strategic experimental systems with great basic and translational relevance for neuroscience.
Item Description:Available online 30 December 2016
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1878-108X
DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2016.11.005

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