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BioEssays 9∕2018
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201870091
Subject(s) - metamorphosis , ampa receptor , biology , function (biology) , receptor , glutamate receptor , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , ecology , larva
AMPA‐type Glutamate receptors (GluAs) are essential for the development of the ascidian photoreceptive organ, which can be a counterpart of the mammalian pineal gland. GluAs initially mediate the influx of cations to induce the photoreceptive organ maturation nonsynaptically and then facilitate the transmission of signals synaptically to induce metamorphosis. In article number 1800028 , Hirai et al. discuss several hypotheses regarding the evolution of GluAs, the non‐synaptic function of Glu, the origin of GluA‐positive neurons, and the neuronal network that controls metamorphosis in ascidians.