Neuropeptidergic integration of behavior inTrichoplax adhaerens, an animal without synapses

Evolutionary insights into T-type Ca 2+ channel structure, function, and ion selectivity from the Trichoplax adhaerens homologue

(2017) Carolyn L. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Large dense-core vesicle exocytosis from mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons is regulated by neuropeptide Y

(2017) Anneka Bost et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Adherens Junctions Modulate Diffusion between Epithelial Cells in Trichoplax adhaerens

(2016) Carolyn L. Smith et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Early evolution of neurons

(2016) William B. Kristan   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacterial lipids activate, synergize, and inhibit a developmental switch in choanoflagellates

(2016) Arielle Woznica et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of Cilia

(2016) David R. Mitchell   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Respiratory Function in Voluntary Participating Patagonia Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens) in Sternal Recumbency

(2016) Andreas Fahlman et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The Synaptic Vesicle Release Machinery

(2015) Josep Rizo et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Complexins: small but capable

(2015) Ralf Mohrmann et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Bioinformatic prediction of Trichoplax adhaerens regulatory peptides

(2015) Mikhail Nikitin   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Sensory Flask Cells in Sponge Larvae Regulate Metamorphosis via Calcium Signaling

(2015) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Insight into the Molecular and Functional Diversity of Cnidarian Neuropeptides

(2015) Toshio Takahashi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Elements of a 'nervous system' in sponges

(2015) S. P. Leys   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The role of G protein-coupled receptors in the early evolution of neurotransmission and the nervous system

(2015) A. Krishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Peptide-gated ion channels and the simple nervous system of Hydra

(2015) S. Grunder et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gastric pouches and the mucociliary sole: setting the stage for nervous system evolution

(2015) D. Arendt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Where is my mind? How sponges and placozoans may have lost neural cell types

(2015) J. F. Ryan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Independent origins of neurons and synapses: insights from ctenophores

(2015) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An option space for early neural evolution

(2015) G. Jekely et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Coordinated Feeding Behavior in Trichoplax, an Animal without Synapses

(2015) Carolyn L. Smith et al.   PLoS One

Glycine activated ion channel subunits encoded by ctenophore glutamate receptor genes

(2015) Robert Alberstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Larval body patterning and apical organs are conserved in animal evolution

(2014) Heather Marlow et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary origins of sensation in metazoans: functional evidence for a new sensory organ in sponges

(2014) Danielle A Ludeman et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Novel Cell Types, Neurosecretory Cells, and Body Plan of the Early-Diverging Metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens

(2014) Carolyn L. Smith et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cilia and the life of ctenophores

(2014) Sidney L. Tamm   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

Global view of the evolution and diversity of metazoan neuropeptide signaling

(2013) G. Jekely   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

Peptide Neuromodulation in Invertebrate Model Systems

(2012) Paul H. Taghert et al.   NEURON

Mini-review: The evolution of neuropeptide signaling

(2012) Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen et al.   REGULATORY PEPTIDES

A bacterial sulfonolipid triggers multicellular development in the closest living relatives of animals

(2012) Rosanna A Alegado et al.   eLife

More than two decades of research on insect neuropeptide GPCRs: an overview

(2012) Jelle Caers et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

(2011) Bo Li et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Primordial neurosecretory apparatus identified in the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis

(2011) P. Burkhardt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuropeptides regulate swimming depth of Platynereis larvae

(2011) M. Conzelmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cnidarians and the evolutionary origin of the nervous system

(2010) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Six major steps in animal evolution: are we derived sponge larvae?

(2010) Claus Nielsen   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionary emergence of synaptic nervous systems: what can we learn from the non-synaptic, nerveless Porifera?

(2010) Michael Nickel   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Origin and early evolution of neural circuits for the control of ciliary locomotion

(2010) G. Jekely   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Shiny spheres of placozoans (Trichoplax) function in anti-predator defense

(2009) Alexis M. Jackson et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Chemosensory organs as models of neuronal synapses

(2009) Shai Shaham   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

(2009) A. Hejnol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Concatenated Analysis Sheds Light on Early Metazoan Evolution and Fuels a Modern “Urmetazoon” Hypothesis

(2009) Bernd Schierwater et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE