part of
start stage
end stage
medulla oblongata
rhombomere 4
reticulospinal neuron
Mauthner neuron
CL:0000246
Is a hindbrain interneuron. Giant reticulospinal neurons possessing thick crossed axons and positioned dorsally in the hindbrain tegmentum at the level of entrance of the eighth cranial nerve. The Mauthner neuron is paired. The M-cell has two large invariant dendrites: The lateral dendrite terminates in the sensory neuropil of the acoustico-lateral area, and the ventral dendrite terminates in the neuropil of the motor tegmentum. Fine dendrites are present, and mostly arise from three regions; from the terminus of each major dendrite and from the ventral surface of the perikaryon.
TAO:0009149
ZFA:0000087
ZFA:0000613
ZFA:0009149
zebrafish_anatomy
CNS short range interneuron
unknown
segmentation:20-25 somites