Synaptic connections between identified neuron types in the antennal lobe glomeruli of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana: I. Uniglomerular projection neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-319

  Distler, Paul G ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; insects; olfactory system; synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPLANETA; SENSE ORGANS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031057268     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970217)378:3<307::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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