New features of the locust optic lobe: Evidence of a role for nitric oxide in insect vision

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2395-2407

  Elphick, Maurice R ^a   Williams, Les ^b   O'Shea, Michael ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

insect; locust; NADPH diaphorase; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase; optic lobe; Schistocerca gregaria; vision

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0030479761     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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