Histamine-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Brain Research

Volumn 842, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-418

  Loesel, Rudi ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogenic amine; Circadian pacemaker; Immunocytochemistry; Insect brain; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACHES; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032862310     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01864-8     Document Type: Article

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