The nervous system of the pike-tapeworm Triaenophorus nodulosus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) - Ultrastructure and immunocytochemical mapping of aminergic and peptidergic elements

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-285

  Biserova, Natalia M ^a   Gustafsson, Margaretha K S ^b   Reuter, Maria ^b   Terenina, Nadezhda B ^c  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

5 HT; Neuron types; Neurotransmitter release sites; RFamide; Spectrofluorimetry

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; TRIAENOPHORUS NODULOSUS;

EID: 0030490571     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227017     Document Type: Article

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