Brain ventricular astrogliosis and neuroinflammation precede scoliosis onset in the zebrafish rpgrip1l ciliary mutant and anti-inflammatory treatment drastically reduces scoliosis while correcting urotensin related peptide level is ineffective.
The utility of an in vitro cell culture system for studies of molecular mechanisms underlying the initial induction and subsequent propagation of environmentally induced epimutations is demonstrated.
Katharina Eichler, Stefanie Hampel ... Andrew M Seeds
A synaptic resolution somatotopic map of nearly all mechanosensory neurons on the Drosophila head that individually elicit aimed grooming of specific head locations and collectively elicit a head grooming sequence.