Title	Journal	Author(s)	Aniseed Data	PMID/DOI
Sequential and combinatorial inputs from Nodal, Delta2/Notch and FGF/MEK/ERK signalling pathways establish a grid-like organisation of distinct cell identities in the ascidian neural plate.	Development 2007; 134; 19:3527-37	Hudson C, Lotito S, Yasuo H
Snail mediates medial-lateral patterning of the ascidian neural plate.	Dev. Biol. 2015; 403; 2:172-9	Hudson C, Sirour C, Yasuo H
Nodal regulates neural tube formation in the Ciona intestinalis embryo.	Dev. Genes Evol. 2007; 217; 8:593-601	Mita K, Fujiwara S
Nodal and FGF coordinate ascidian neural tube morphogenesis.	Development 2016; 143; 24:4665-4675	Navarrete I, Levine M
A conserved role for the MEK signalling pathway in neural tissue specification and posteriorisation in the invertebrate chordate, the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.	Development 2003; 130; 1:147-59	Hudson C, Darras S, Caillol D, Yasuo H, Lemaire P
Patterning across the ascidian neural plate by lateral Nodal signalling sources.	Development 2005; 132; 6:1199-210	Hudson C, Yasuo H
Neural tube patterning by Ephrin, FGF and Notch signaling relays.	Development 2011; 138; 24:5429-39	Stolfi A, Wagner E, Taliaferro J, Chou S, Levine M
Differential gene expression in notochord and nerve cord fate segregation in the Ciona intestinalis embryo.	Genesis 2013; 51; 9:647-59	Kobayashi K, Yamada L, Satou Y, Satoh N
Gene regulatory networks underlying the compartmentalization of the Ciona central nervous system.	Development 2009; 136; 2:285-93	Imai K, Stolfi A, Levine M, Satou Y
Divergent mechanisms specify chordate motoneurons: evidence from ascidians.	Development 2011; 138; 8:1643-52	Hudson C, Ba M, Rouvière C, Yasuo H