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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1210
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined the initial innervation of the head skin in Xenopus laevis embryos which is by two classes of trigeminal mechanoreceptor with beaded 'free' nerve-endings. By recording receptive areas electrophysiologically and staining peripheral sensory neurites with horseradish peroxidase, we have shown that 'movement detector' neurites from one trigeminal ganglion do not normally cross the dorsal midline of the head to innervate areas of skin on the opposite side. However, if one trigeminal ganglion is removed before peripheral innervation starts, movement detector neurites from the intact side will now cross the midline to innervate contralateral skin. These observations suggest a specific competitive interaction between movement detector neurites during their innervation of head skin. The second class of receptor, 'rapid transient' detectors, have a different pattern of innervation, crossing the midline in both normal and operated animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0080-4649
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
218
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-4-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Competition during innervation of embryonic amphibian head skin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't