Immunocytochemical evidence for the involvement of an FMRFamide-related peptide in egg production in the flatworm parasite Polystoma nearcticum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-48

  Armstrong, E P ^a   Halton, D W ^a   Tinsley, R C ^b   Cable, J ^b   Johnston, R N ^a   Johnston, C F ^a   Shaw, C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immunocytochemistry; neuropeptide; platyhelminth; reproduction; serotonin

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ARTICLE; EGG PRODUCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FMRFAMIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0031031314     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970106)377:1<41::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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