NAVIGATIONAL SUBSTRATES FOR PERIPHERAL PIONEER GROWTH CONES - LIMB-AXIS POLARITY CUES, LIMB-SEGMENT BOUNDARIES, AND GUIDEPOST NEURONS
NAVIGATIONAL SUBSTRATES FOR PERIPHERAL PIONEER GROWTH CONES - LIMB-AXIS POLARITY CUES, LIMB-SEGMENT BOUNDARIES, AND GUIDEPOST NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1101/sqb.1983.048.01.062
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1983-01-01
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CAUDY, M
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BENTLEY, D;CAUDY, M
Nerve cells often establish precise synaptic connections with target cells at distant locations, both within the CNS and in the periphery. During embryonic development, axonal growth cones have to navigate over long distances from the site of the cell body to the site of the target cell to establish these connections. We are interested in the developmental mechanisms underlying growth cone navigation.Grasshopper embryogenesis offers an unusual opportunity for studying the formation of long-distance neural pathways between the CNS and the periphery. As embryonic limb buds begin to evaginate from the body wall, they are initially devoid of neurons. The first nerve cells in the limb are afferent (sensory) neurons (termed" pioneers"), which arise within the limb epithelium and project axons toward the CNS (Bate 1976; Keshishian 1980a). The pioneer growth cones are the first to traverse the limb, reaching the CNS just as the first efferent growth cones are emerging and thus establishing the initial nerve routes through the limb.