Mature and developing visual system of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae): Histochemical evidence of nitric oxide synthase in the wild type and the white eye mutant strains

Brain Research

Volumn 843, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Conforti, Elena ^a   Torti, Cristina ^a   Malacrida, Anna Rodolfa ^a   Bernocchi, Graziella ^a  

^a Lab Istol Ctro Stud Per l'I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medfly; NADPH diaphorase activity; Optic lobe; Visual functionality

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DIPTERA; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPTIC LOBE; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032884690     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01774-6     Document Type: Article

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