Article: Light-Sensitive Voltage Responses in the Neurons of the Cerebral Ganglion of Ciona savignyi (Chordata: Ascidiacea).

Article: Serotonergic and FMRF-amidergic neurons in the nerve ganglia of ...
Journal of Shellfish Research;  December 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... concentrated in the upper half of the medial edge of the cerebral ganglion, the edge of ventral and dorsal horns of the pleuropedal ... were concentrated in the dorsal and ventral edges of the cerebral ganglion, the edge of dorsal horn and the dorsal edge of the body ...

Article: Researchers from Hiroshima University report details of new ...
Biotech Week;  October 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... immunohistochemistry demonstrated production of mature SOP in the cerebral ganglion. To elucidate the physiological action of SOP, we kept ... and measured the expression levels of SOP mRNA in the cerebral ganglion. The greatest expression of SOP mRNA was observed in the ...

Article: earthworm
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      655 words ... ... itself forward by rhythmic muscular contractions. There is a nerve cord, with ganglia in each segment and an enlarged cerebral ganglion (a primitive brain) at the anterior end. Although they have no prominent sense organs, earthworms are sensitive to ...

Article: New findings in education described from Bar-Ilan University.
Education Letter;  August 27, 2008 ;     670 words ... ... in Learning & Memory (Training with inedible food in Aplysia causes expression of C/EBP in the buccal but not cerebral ganglion. Learning & Memory, 2008;15(6):412-416). For more information, contact A.J. Susswein, Bar Ilan ...

Article: Research from RIKEN broadens understanding of developmental ...
Health & Medicine Week;  December 15, 2008 ;     587 words ... ... internalized. Finally, clusters of Ttu-Zic-expressing cells are found in the center of the prostomium, corresponding to the cerebral ganglion," wrote H. Takahashi and colleagues, RIKEN (see also Developmental Science). The researchers concluded: "The Ttu ...

Article: Segmented Worms
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science;      700+ words ... ... longitudinal nerve cords, so that nerve impulses can be transmitted back and forth between each segment and the “ cerebral ganglion ” or “ brain ” located in the head. Sexes are separate, although no external characteristics ...

Article: Research data from Saitama University update understanding of ...
Biotech Week;  August 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... along the visceral nerve are also described. Ontogenetically, GnRH neurons are first detected in the dorsal strand and cerebral ganglion of very young juveniles at almost the same time, demonstrating that ascidians possess morphological and developmental ...