Periviscerokinin-like immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the American cockroach

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-170

  Eckert, M ^a   Predel, R ^a   Gundel, M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Insect nervous system; Myotropin; Neuropeptides; Periplaneta americana (Insecta); Perisympathetic organ; Visceral muscles

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; GANGLION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERIPLANETA;

EID: 0032941592     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051222     Document Type: Article

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