Synaptic connection between olfactory receptor cells and uniglomerular projection neurons in the antennal lobe of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Distler, Paul G ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; glomeruli; insects; olfactory system; synapses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; COCKROACH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PERIPLANETA; SENSE ORGANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029953855     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960617)370:1<35::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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