Juvenile heart anatomy of Ciona robusta and cell division dynamics. Top left: D5 juvenile heart. Top right: Schematic of the image shown at top left. Bottom: Representative images of D8, D11, and D15 juvenile hearts. Yellow dots highlight midline UL nuclei (13, 15 and 18 midline UL, respectively). UL: undifferentiated line cells.

Neural signals influence vertebrate #heart growth, but how? @bradleydavidson.bsky.social &co show how #tachykinin & #Wnt pathways modulate #cardiomyocyte progenitor proliferation in #Ciona, revealing the role of neural cues in organ development @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cbr2zT

Juvenile heart anatomy of Ciona robusta and cell division dynamics. Top left: D5 juvenile heart. Top right: Schematic of the image shown at top left. Bottom: Representative images of D8, D11, and D15 juvenile hearts. Yellow dots highlight midline UL nuclei (13, 15 and 18 midline UL, respectively). UL: undifferentiated line cells.

Neural signals influence vertebrate #heart growth, but how? @bradleydavidson.bsky.social &co show how #tachykinin & #Wnt pathways modulate #cardiomyocyte progenitor proliferation in #Ciona, revealing the role of neural cues in organ development @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cbr2zT

Juvenile heart anatomy of Ciona robusta and cell division dynamics. Top left: D5 juvenile heart. Top right: Schematic of the image shown at top left. Bottom: Representative images of D8, D11, and D15 juvenile hearts. Yellow dots highlight midline UL nuclei (13, 15 and 18 midline UL, respectively). UL: undifferentiated line cells.

Neural signals influence vertebrate #heart growth, but how? @bradleydavidson.bsky.social &co show how #tachykinin & #Wnt pathways modulate #cardiomyocyte progenitor proliferation in #Ciona, revealing the role of neural cues in organ development @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cbr2zT