... in establishment of neuronal identity in the mammalian nervous system. We isolated fragments of eight homeodomain genes of this subclass expressed in the stellate ganglion of the North Atlantic long finned squid Loligo pealei ( lp ) [Note: Loligo pealei has been officially renamed Doryteuthis pealei . For reasons...

... ( Wollesen et al., 2010 ). Only later FMRFamide peptide was seen in stellate ganglion (SG) neurites, after which other fiber tracts and lobes became immunoreactive. The SG and its efferent giant fiber system drive mantle contraction for jet propulsion during the escape response. This system serves...