Ultrastructural analyses of modular subunits in the mushroom bodies of the cockroach

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Iwasaki, Masayuki ^a   Mizunami, Makoto ^b   Nishikawa, Michiko ^a   Itoh, Tsunao ^a   Tominaga, Yoshiya ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Electron microscopy; Kenyon cell; Pedunculus; Periplaneta americana; Slab

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

AXON DIAMETERS; INSECT BRAIN; KENYON CELL; MODULARS; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSHROOM BODIES; PEDUNCULUS; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SLAB; ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0033021305     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023651     Document Type: Article

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