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Development of the terminal nerve system in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula
Quintana-Urzainqui, I.; Anadon, R.; Candal, E.; Rodriguez-Moldes, I. (2014). Development of the terminal nerve system in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula. Brain Behav. Evol. 84(4): 277-287. https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000367839
In: Brain, Behavior and Evolution. Karger: Basel; New York. ISSN 0006-8977; e-ISSN 1421-9743, more
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Keywords
    Marine Sciences
    Marine Sciences > Marine Sciences General
    Scientific Community
    Scientific Publication
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Terminal nerve ganglion; Migratory mass; Olfactory nerve; Olfactoryplacode; Development; FMRF-amide; Scyliorhinus canicula; Elasmobranchs

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  • Association of European marine biological laboratories, more

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  • Quintana-Urzainqui, I.
  • Anadon, R.
  • Candal, E.
  • Rodriguez-Moldes, I.

Abstract
    The nervus terminalis (or terminal nerve) system was discovered in an elasmobranch species more than a century ago. Over the past century, it has also been recognized in other vertebrate groups, from agnathans to mammals. However, its origin, functions or relationship with the olfactory system are still under debate. Despite the abundant literature about the nervus terminalis system in adult elasmobranchs, its development has been overlooked. Studies in other vertebrates have reported newly differentiated neurons of the terminal nerve system migrating from the olfactory epithelium to the telencephalon as part of a ‘migratory mass' of cells associated with the olfactory nerve. Whether the same occurs in developing elasmobranchs (adults showing anatomically separated nervus terminalis and olfactory systems) has not yet been determined. In this work we characterized for the first time the development of the terminal nerve and ganglia in an elasmobranch, the lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), by means of tract-tracing techniques combined with immunohistochemical markers for the terminal nerve (such as FMRF-amide peptide), for the developing components of the olfactory system (Gα0 protein, GFAP, Pax6), and markers for early postmitotic neurons (HuC/D) and migrating immature neurons (DCX). We discriminated between embryonic olfactory and terminal nerve systems and determined that both components may share a common origin in the migratory mass. We also localized the exact point where they split off near the olfactory nerve-olfactory bulb junction. The study of the development of the terminal nerve system in a basal gnathostome contributes to the knowledge of the ancestral features of this system in vertebrates, shedding light on its evolution and highlighting the importance of elasmobranchs for developmental and evolutionary studies.

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