Peripheral synapses at identifiable mechanosensory neurons in the spider Cupiennius salei: Synapsin-like immunoreactivity

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

  Fabian Fine, Ruth ^a   Volknandt, Walter ^a   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei (Chelicerata); Hair sensilla; Histochemistry; Mechanoreceptors; Slit sensilla; Synaptic proteins; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNAPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIDER; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPIDERS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032941247     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051208     Document Type: Article

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