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Identified motoneurons and their innervation of axial muscles in the zebrafish

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Westerfield, M, McMurray, JV, Eisen, JS·1986·The Journal of Neuroscience
DOI 10.1523/jneurosci.06-08-02267.1986
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The organization of spinal cord motoneurons and their innervation of axial (white) muscles in the zebrafish were studied. Motoneurons can be divided into 2 classes, primary and secondary, on the basis of their cell-body sizes and positions. Each side of each spinal segment contains 3 primary motoneurons that are uniquely identifiable as individuals by their stereotyped cell-body positions and peripheral branching patterns. Moreover, these motoneurons precisely innervate cell-specific subsets of contiguous muscle fibers in mutually exclusive regions of their own body segment. Individual muscle fibers receive inputs from a single primary motoneuron and, in addition, from up to 3 secondary motoneurons. The results demonstrate that the precision of innervation previously described in invertebrates is also present in some vertebrates.

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Authors
Westerfield, M., McMurray, J., & Eisen, J.
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Publisher
Society for Neuroscience
Published
1986-08-01
Volume
6
Issue
8
Pages
2267-2277
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
DOI
10.1523/jneurosci.06-08-02267.1986
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332
References
14
FWCI
4.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Westerfield, M., McMurray, J., & Eisen, J. (1986). Identified motoneurons and their innervation of axial muscles in the zebrafish. The Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.06-08-02267.1986

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