... of nociceptive neurons impact the modality-specific wiring and subcellular synaptic specificity of touch receptor axons in a Drosophila somatosensory circuit. Axon targeting Drosophila Neural circuit Somatosensory neurons Synaptic specificity National Institute of Neurological Disorders...

... that quadriceps motor neurons in these mice show aberrant axon development and receive inappropriate inputs from proprioceptive sensory axons innervating the obturator muscle. These genetic studies demonstrate that the HoxD transcription factors play an integral role in the synaptic specificity of monosynaptic...

... The authors declare no competing financial interests. 3 4 2012 © 2012. C. elegans Wnt signaling Gap junction Motor circuit Synaptic specificity unc-4 Nervous system function is defined by connections between specific neurons. These links include chemical...

...Mikiko Inaki; Makiko Shinza-Kameda; Afshan Ismat; Manfred Frasch; Akinao Nose Little is known about the genetic program that generates synaptic specificity. Here we show that a putative transcription factor, Teyrha-Meyhra (Tey), controls target specificity, in part by repressing the expression...