Remodeling of the peripheral processes and presynaptic terminals of leg motoneurons during metamorphosis of the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-434

  Consoulas, Christos ^a   Kent, Karla S ^b   Levine, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; insect; neuromuscular; synapses

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; LEG; MANDUCA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 0029846164     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960826)372:3<415::AID-CNE6>3.3.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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