Nervous system of the larva of the ascidian Molgula citrina (Alder and Hancock, 1848)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Vorontsova, M N ^a,c   Nezlin, L P ^b,c   Meinertzhagen, I A ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030707510     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1997.tb01004.x     Document Type: Article

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