Nitric oxide synthase in the thoracic ganglia of the locust: Distribution in the neuropiles and morphology of neurones

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-230

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a   Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Insect nervous system; Mechanoreception; NADPH diaphorase; NOS

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SMELLING; SPINAL GANGLION; VISION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNEURONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0032102914     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980601)395:2<217::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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