Neurogenesis in the median domain of the embryonic brain of the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-390

  Ludwig, P ^a   Williams, J L D ^a   Lodde, E ^a   Reichert, H ^b   Boyan, George S ^a,c  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b Zoologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye injection; Immunohistochemistry; Insect; Midline interneurons; Ontogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANTIGEN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; DIPTERA; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032706589     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991122)414:3<379::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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