The ventral peptidergic system of the adult ascidian Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A) insights from a transgenic animal model

Peptide receptors and immune-related proteins expressed in the digestive system of a urochordate, Ciona intestinalis

(2019) Honoo Satake et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Repertoires of G protein-coupled receptors for Ciona-specific neuropeptides

(2019) Akira Shiraishi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of GRP as a functional neuropeptide in basal chordate amphioxus

(2019) Peng Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

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

(2017) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   PLoS One

Zebrafish heart as a model to study the integrative autonomic control of pacemaker function

(2016) Matthew R. Stoyek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

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

Ins and outs of GPCR signaling in primary cilia

(2015) K. B. Schou et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Intrinsic and extrinsic innervation of the heart in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2015) Matthew R. Stoyek et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The role of the pericardium in the valveless, tubular heart of the tunicate Ciona savignyi

(2015) L. D. Waldrop et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Molecular evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in bilaterians

(2013) O. Mirabeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Neuropeptides, Hormone Peptides, and Their Receptors inCiona intestinalis:An Update

(2010) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Distribution and structural diversity of cilia in tadpole larvae of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2009) Alu Konno et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Toshio Sekiguchi et al.   FEBS Journal

Toll-like Receptors of the AscidianCiona intestinalis

(2009) Naoko Sasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2009) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES

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

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

(2008) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES