Neuroanatomy and immunocytochemistry of the median neuroendocrine cells of the subesophageal ganglion of the tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta: Immunoreactivities to PBAN and other neuropeptides

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-229

  Davis, Norman T ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^b   Teal, Peter E A ^d   Altstein, Miriam ^e   Agricola, Hans J ^c   Hildebrand, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^e VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axonal backfills; FMRFamide; Insects; Neurosecretory cells; Proctolin; SCP(B); Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

AXONAL BACKFILL; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; FMRFAMIDE; INSECT; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEUROSECRETORY CELLS; PROCTOLIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

HORMONES;

NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PROCTOLIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0029955445     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19961015)35:3<201::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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