Photoinactivation of an identified motoneurone in the locust Locusta migratoria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2369-2382

  Bässler, Dagmar ^a,b   Rathmayer, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Naturwissenschaftliches Technikum D   (Germany)

Author keywords

common inhibitor; degeneration; GABA; histochemistry; insect; locust; Locusta migratoria; muscle fibre types; nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0030293870     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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