An endocrine brain? The pattern of FMRF-amide immunoreactivity in Acoela (Plathelminthes)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Reuter, M ^a   Raikova, O I ^b   Gustafsson, M K S ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acoela; FMRF amide; Immunocytochemistry; Nervous system; Plathelminthes

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH;

ACOELA; ACTINOPOSTHIA BEKLEMISCHEVI; ANAPERUS BIACULEATUS; CHILDIA GROENLANDICA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0031939429     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80006-2     Document Type: Article

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