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- noun A platelike
thickening of theepithelial layer of anembryo from which anorgan , especially asense organ , develops.
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Initially, neurons of the inner ear require brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) and neurotrophin 3 (Ntf3) from the otic placode, the sensory epithelium from which the cells are derived.
innovations-report 2010
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Miyasaka N, Knaut H, Yoshihara Y (2007) Cxcl12/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling is required for placode assembly and sensory axon pathfinding in the zebrafish olfactory system.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010
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Miyasaka N, Knaut H, Yoshihara Y (2007) Cxcl12/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling is required for placode assembly and sensory axon pathfinding in the zebrafish olfactory system.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010
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The mouse inner ear develops from embryonic day (E) 8 from the otic placode, a patch of ectoderm that invaginates and pinches off to form the otic vesicle from which all the sensory epithelial cells and sensory neurons are derived.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hortensia Sanchez-Calderon et al. 2010
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Miyasaka N, Knaut H, Yoshihara Y (2007) Cxcl12/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling is required for placode assembly and sensory axon pathfinding in the zebrafish olfactory system.
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Stark M, Bronner-Fraser M (2002) Pax3-expressing trigeminal placode cells can localize to trunk neural crest sites but are committed to a cutaneous sensory neuron fate.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Moran Valensi-Kurtz et al. 2010
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Miyasaka N, Knaut H, Yoshihara Y (2007) Cxcl12/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling is required for placode assembly and sensory axon pathfinding in the zebrafish olfactory system.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010
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Andl T, Kairo A, Yamaguchi TP, et al. (2004) Canonical WNT signaling promotes mammary placode development and is essential for initiation of mammary gland morphogenesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Masako Osada et al. 2010
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Drew CF, Lin CM, Jiang TX, Blunt G, Mou C, et al. (2007) The Edar subfamily in feather placode formation.
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Taken together our data indicate that canonical Wnt signalling has an early role in placode induction in
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pascal Lapébie et al. 2009
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