title: Polarity reversal in nerve-free hydra.
abstract: Hydra experimentally depleted of all nerve cells and nerve stem cells (interstitial cells) demonstrate normal polarity reversal. Thus hydra epithelial cells are capable of controlling complex developmental patterning phenomena.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D006829:Hydra / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D012038:Regeneration
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine