Histamine-like immunoreactivity in the visual system and brain of an orthopteran and a hymenopteran insect

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 211-221

  Bornhauser, Beat C ^a   Meyer, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera (Insecta); Fluorescent dyes; Gryllus campestris (Insecta); Immunocytochemistry; Insect brain; Neurotransmitters; Photoreceptor cells

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPOUND EYE; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031024110     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050747     Document Type: Article

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