The peptidergic nervous system of the triclad turbellarian, Bdelloura candida (Maricola, Bdellouridae): An immunocytochemical study using an antiserum raised to an endogenous neuropeptide, GYIRFamide

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-222

  Johnston, R N ^a   Halton, D W ^a   Anderson, P A V ^b   Johnston, C F ^a   Shaw, C ^a,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flatworm; FMRFamide related peptides; immunocytochemistry; neuroanatomy; platyhelminths

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHARYNX; RABBITS; SENSE ORGANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0029830516     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961209)376:2<214::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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