TY  - JOUR
TI  - Contralateral efferent neurons can be detected in the hindbrain outside of rhombomere 4.
AU  - Mallo, M
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - A group of efferent neurons whose bodies are located contralaterally and extend projections across the ventral midline of the hindbrain is considered as a rhombomere 4-specific characteristic. These neurons contribute to the vestibulo-acoustic nerve. At the level of rhombomere 2, a similar kind of efferents have only been described as a result of several experimental manipulations and have been interpreted as being due to rhombomere 2 acquiring rhombomere 4 identity. Here is shown that contralateral efferents can also be detected in rhombomere 2 of normal mouse and chicken hindbrains. These findings indicate that neural processes crossing the midline should not be considered as a rhombomere 4-specific characteristic. They also imply that the formation of the contralateral efferents at different rostro-caudal levels might be under different genetic controls, because Hoxb-1, which is not expressed in rhombomere 2, seems to be essential for their proper formation in rhombomere 4.
PY  - 1997
VL  - 41
IS  - 5
SP  - 737
EP  - 739
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/9415494
Y2  - 2024/05/05/15:49:21
ER  -