Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary

Stefan Richter; Rudi Loesel; Günter Purschke; Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa; Gerhard Scholtz; Thomas Stach; Lars Vogt; Andreas Wilhelm Georg Wanninger; Georg Brenneis; Carmen Döring; Simone Faller; Martin Fritsch; Peter Grobe; Carsten M Heuer; Sabrina Kaul; Ole Sten Møller; Carsten Hg Müller; Verena Rieger; Birgen H Rothe; Martin Ej Stegner; Steffen Harzsch

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Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary

Stefan Richter, Rudi Loesel, Günter Purschke, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Gerhard Scholtz, Thomas Stach, Lars Vogt, Andreas Wilhelm Georg Wanninger, Georg Brenneis, Carmen Döring, Simone Faller, Martin Fritsch, Peter Grobe, Carsten M Heuer, Sabrina Kaul, Ole Sten Møller, Carsten Hg Müller, Verena Rieger, Birgen H Rothe, Martin Ej StegnerSteffen Harzsch

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Background: Invertebrate nervous systems are highly disparate between different taxa. This is reflected in the terminology used to describe them, which is very rich and often confusing. Even very general terms such as 'brain', 'nerve', and 'eye' have been used in various ways in the different animal groups, but no consensus on the exact meaning exists. This impedes our understanding of the architecture of the invertebrate nervous system in general and of evolutionary transformations of nervous system characters between different taxa.Results: We provide a glossary of invertebrate neuroanatomical terms with a precise and consistent terminology, taxon-independent and free of homology assumptions. This terminology is intended to form a basis for new morphological descriptions. A total of 47 terms are defined. Each entry consists of a definition, discouraged terms, and a background/comment section.Conclusions: The use of our revised neuroanatomical terminology in any new descriptions of the anatomy of invertebrate nervous systems will improve the comparability of this organ system and its substructures between the various taxa, and finally even lead to better and more robust homology hypotheses.

Original language	English
Article number	29
Journal	Frontiers in Zoology
Volume	7
Number of pages	49
ISSN	1742-9994
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-29
Publication status	Published - 9 Nov 2010

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Richter, S., Loesel, R., Purschke, G., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Scholtz, G., Stach, T., Vogt, L., Wanninger, A. W. G., Brenneis, G., Döring, C., Faller, S., Fritsch, M., Grobe, P., Heuer, C. M., Kaul, S., Møller, O. S., Müller, C. H., Rieger, V., Rothe, B. H., ... Harzsch, S. (2010). Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary. Frontiers in Zoology, 7, [29]. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-29

Richter, S, Loesel, R, Purschke, G, Schmidt-Rhaesa, A, Scholtz, G, Stach, T, Vogt, L, Wanninger, AWG, Brenneis, G, Döring, C, Faller, S, Fritsch, M, Grobe, P, Heuer, CM, Kaul, S, Møller, OS, Müller, CH, Rieger, V, Rothe, BH, Stegner, ME & Harzsch, S 2010, 'Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary', Frontiers in Zoology, vol. 7, 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-29

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