Quantification and cellular localization of dopamine in the salivary gland of the ixodid tick Amblyomma hebraeum

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-265

  Kaufman, W Reuben ^a   Sloley, B Duff ^a,b   Tatchell, Roger J ^a,c   Zbitnew, Geoff L ^a   Diefenbach, Thomas J ^a,d   Goldberg, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CV Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c Waters Edge   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Catecholamines; Dopamine; Reserpine; Tick salivary glands; Tyrosine hydroxylase immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032954759     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006071031547     Document Type: Review

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