2023
Sensory Systems in the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems Shape Host Response During Infections
Wyart C, Jim K, Prendergast A. Sensory Systems in the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems Shape Host Response During Infections. Neuroscience 2023, 525: 47-50. PMID: 37419406, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensory cellsNervous systemInternal physiologyPresence of pathogensExternal cuesRelease of compoundsPathogenic bacteriaCentral nervous systemHomeostatic regulationInternal cuesHost defenseNeuronal activationCellsClassical functionsHost responseReceptor propertiesSensory systemsCuesInfectionBacteriaRegulationPhysiologyField of neurosciencePathogensInvasion
2016
Innervation regulates synaptic ribbons in lateral line mechanosensory hair cells
Suli A, Pujol R, Cunningham DE, Hailey DW, Prendergast A, Rubel EW, Raible DW. Innervation regulates synaptic ribbons in lateral line mechanosensory hair cells. Journal Of Cell Science 2016, 129: 2250-2260. PMID: 27103160, PMCID: PMC4920245, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.182592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanosensory hair cellsHair cellsWild-type larvaeZebrafish lateral line systemElectron-dense structuresRibbon formationProper synapsisLateral line systemMature synapseSynaptic vesiclesHair cell innervationPost-synaptic elementsSensory cellsBasolateral membranePresynaptic zoneAfferent fibersSynaptic ribbonsFunctional synapsesBalance disordersCellsInnervationMutantsSynapsesLarvaeCytoplasm