Scales Radi(i)cally Remodel Sensory Axons and Vasculature

Stephanie C McMillan; Marie-Andrée Akimenko

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.07.016

Scales Radi(i)cally Remodel Sensory Axons and Vasculature

Dev Cell. 2018 Aug 6;46(3):253-254. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.07.016.

Authors

Stephanie C McMillan¹, Marie-Andrée Akimenko²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
² Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. Electronic address: makimen@uottawa.ca.

PMID: 30086298
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.07.016

Abstract

Peripheral axons of sensory neurons innervate skin cells to form a functional sensory organ. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Rasmussen et al. (2018) demonstrate that scale formation is essential for the development and regeneration of zebrafish sensory axons and vasculature.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Axons*
Nerve Regeneration
Sensory Receptor Cells
Skin
Zebrafish Proteins
Zebrafish*

Substances

Zebrafish Proteins