Neuronal localization of serotonin in the nematode Ascaris suum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 352-360

  Johnson, Carl D ^a,b   Reinitz, Catharine A ^a,c   Sithigorngul, Paisarn ^a,d   Stretton, Antony O W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NemaPharm   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Srinikarin Wirote ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Caenorh abditis elegans; immunocytochemistry; neurosecretory; neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PHARYNX; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0029869435     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960408)367:3<352::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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