The nervous system of the adult ascidian Ciona intestinalis Type A (Ciona robusta): Insights from transgenic animal models

The significance of Ciona intestinalis as a stem organism in integrative studies of functional evolution of the chordate endocrine, neuroendocrine, and nervous systems

(2016) Shin Matsubara et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Comparative study of serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the branchial basket, digestive tract, and nervous system in tunicates

(2016) Katrin Braun et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Neuronal map reveals the highly regionalized pattern of the juvenile central nervous system of the ascidianCiona intestinalis

(2015) Akiko Hozumi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Morphological evidence that the molecularly determinedCiona intestinalistype A and type B are different species:Ciona robustaandCiona intestinalis

(2015) Riccardo Brunetti et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Closing the wounds: One hundred and twenty five years of regenerative biology in the ascidianCiona intestinalis

(2014) William R. Jeffery   GENESIS

Chordate evolution and the three-phylum system

(2014) N. Satoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary diversification of secondary mechanoreceptor cells in tunicata

(2013) Francesca Rigon et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Two Novel Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormones (GnRHs) from the Urochordate Ascidian,Halocynthia roretzi: Implications for the Origin of Vertebrate GnRH Isoforms

(2013) Itaru Hasunuma et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Immunohistochemical study of the nervous system of the tunicate Thalia democratica (Forsskal, 1775)

(2012) R. Pennati et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY

Molecular and functional characterization of cionin receptors in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis: the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate cholecystokinin/gastrin family

(2012) Toshio Sekiguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Identification of a rudimentary neural crest in a non-vertebrate chordate

(2012) Philip Barron Abitua et al.   NATURE

Peptidomic Analysis of the Central Nervous System of the Protochordate,Ciona intestinalis: Homologs and Prototypes of Vertebrate Peptides and Novel Peptides

(2011) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Localization and enzymatic activity profiles of the proteases responsible for tachykinin-directed oocyte growth in the protochordate, Ciona intestinalis

(2011) Masato Aoyama et al.   PEPTIDES

Regeneration of oral siphon pigment organs in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2010) Hélène Auger et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Network structure of projections extending from peripheral neurons in the tunic of ascidian larva

(2010) Hiroshi Q. Terakubo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary

(2010) Stefan Richter et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Ependymal cells of chordate larvae are stem-like cells that form the adult nervous system

(2010) Takeo Horie et al.   NATURE

Transposon-Mediated Enhancer Detection Reveals the Location, Morphology and Development of the Cupular Organs, which are Putative Hydrodynamic Sensors, in the AscidianCiona intestinalis

(2010) Naoyuki Ohta et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Neural Map of the Larval Central Nervous System in the AscidianCiona intestinalis

(2010) Katsumi Takamura et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Calcitonin in a protochordate,Ciona intestinalis - the prototype of the vertebrate calcitonin/calcitonin gene-related peptide superfamily

(2009) Toshio Sekiguchi et al.   FEBS Journal

Cupular sense organs in Ciona (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)

(2009) Q. Bone et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A novel inhibitory gonadotropin-releasing hormone-related neuropeptide in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

(2009) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES

Refining the Ciona intestinalis Model of Central Nervous System Regeneration

(2009) Carl Dahlberg et al.   PLoS One

A Novel Biological Role of Tachykinins as an Up-Regulator of Oocyte Growth: Identification of an Evolutionary Origin of Tachykininergic Functions in the Ovary of the Ascidian,Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Masato Aoyama et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Additional molecular support for the new chordate phylogeny

(2008) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   GENESIS

Characterization of a novel vasopressin/oxytocin superfamily peptide and its receptor from an ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES