Maya D Culbertson, Zachary R Lewis, Alexei V Nechiporuk

2011/9/9

PLoS One

6

9

e24443

Public Library of Science

Abstract In vertebrates, the sensory neurons of the epibranchial (EB) ganglia transmit
somatosensory signals from the periphery to the CNS. These ganglia are formed during
embryogenesis by the convergence and condensation of two distinct populations of
precursors: placode-derived neuroblasts and neural crest-(NC) derived glial precursors. In
addition to the gliogenic crest, chondrogenic NC migrates into the pharyngeal arches, which
lie in close proximity to the EB placodes and ganglia. Here, we examine the respective ...