Changing synaptic specificities in the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans: differentiation of the DD motoneurons.

doi:10.1002/neu.480241204

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Changing synaptic specificities in the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans: differentiation of the DD motoneurons.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Dec 1993

Walthall W W, Li L, Plunkett J A, Hsu C Y

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During postembryonic development, the DD motoneurons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans completely reorganize their pattern of synapses. Ablation of a pair of embryonic precursors results in the absence of this entire class of motoneurons. In their absence animals exhibit two developmentally...

Topics

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Differentiation
Gene Expression
Motor Activity
Motor Neurons
Mutation
Nervous System
Synapses

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