Invariant association of ecdysis with increases in cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate immunoreactivity in a small network of peptidergic neurons in the hornworm, Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-330

  Ewer, J ^a,b   Truman, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Circadian; Eclosion hormone; Metamorphosis; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLTING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOLTING; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PUPA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0031259949     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050118     Document Type: Article

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