Distribution of Dip-allatostatin I-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the locust Schistocerca gregaria with detailed analysis of immunostaining in the central complex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-437

  Vitzthum, Harm ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a   Agricola, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

galanin message associated peptide; immunocytochemistry; insect brain; neuropeptide; serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUST; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GRASSHOPPERS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 0029940326     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<419::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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